OF  THE 

UNIVERSITY 
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ORDINANCES, 


Qf^arter  ai^d  l^avi/s 


FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  THE 


CITY  OF  FRANKFORT, 


KENTUCKY . 


Ordinances  approved  December  ist,  1890,  and  in  force  from  and 

after  that  date. 


FBANKFORT,  KY.: 

GEO.  A.  LEWIS,  PRINTER. 
1891. 


CONTENTS. 


Enacting  clause 1 

Ordinances 1 

New  charter  . . . 124 

Appendix 156 

Index  to  Charter 217 

Index  to  Acts 228 

Index  to  Ordinances 227 


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I 

OFFICERS  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FRANKFORT. 


LEWIS  MANGAN,  Maijor. 

JOS.  T.  STATEN,  President  Board,  of  Councilmen. 


FIRST  WARD. 


BOARD  OF  COUNCILMEN. 

SECOND  WARD. 


THIRD  WARD. 


J-.  W.  PAYNE,  JOS.  T.  STATEN, 

N.F.  RICHARDSON,  G.  T.  CHURCH, 
ri)  ROBT.  PARSONS.  GEO.  C.  SHx\W. 


JOHN  L.  TOBIN, 
JAS.  S.  DARNELL, 
W.  T.  GAINES. 


FIRST  WARD. 

U.  V.  WILLIAMS, 
H.  T.  STANTON. 


SCHOOL  TRUSTEES. 

SECOND  WARD. 


THIRD  WARD. 


W.  T.  READING,  JASON  M.  CASE,  ^ 
G.  T.  BLACKLEY’.  J.  M.  WAKEFIELD. 


POLICE  AND  FIRE  COMMISSIONERS. 

JAS.  W.  HEFFNER,  M.  H.  P.  WILLIAMS,  Sr., 

JOHN  W.  GAULT,  W.  T.  FLYNN. 


CITY  OFFICERS. 

CHAS  G.  PAYNE,  Clerk.  HUGH  GAINES,  Treasurer. 

W.  H.  SNEED,  Police  Judge.  M.  H.  P.  WILLIAMS,  Jr.,  Marshal, 

J.  S.  McGILL,  A.ssessor.  AY.  C.  HERNDON,  0?'^^  A 

R.  A.  FRAZIER,  Street  Com’r.  B.  B.  JEFFERS,  Chief  of  Police. 

.-rj 

c POLICEMEN. 

HENRY  BROWN,  GEO.  SMITH,  PERCY  SMITH, 

^ D.  RICHARDSON,  FRANK  EGBERT,  H.  ^VHITTINGTON. 

^ CHAS.  STEPHENS,  MACK  PHYTHIAN, 

^ CHIEF  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

RICHARD  FERGUSON. 


EDML\RD  TAYLOR,  Hydrant  Man.  JAS.  SMITH,  Pipeman. 
Y ’ HARRA^  McEMHNG,  DYirer  ^86  II%on. 

^ FRED.  L.  GORDON,  Driver  Hook  and  Ladder  Wagon. 

^ BRIDGE-KEEPER.  KEEPER  WORK-HOUSE. 

JOHN  GLORE.  BEN  MORRISON. 


V'^ 


CITY  PHYSICIAN. 

G.  ML  CHINN. 


i iZiOi* 


ENACTING  CLAUSE. 


Office  of  Board  of  Councilmen,  \ 
City  of  Frankfort,  Ky.,  v 
December  1,  1890.  ) 

Resolved,  That  the  Ordinances,  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the 
government  of  the  cit}^  of  Frankfort,  from  Ordinance  No.  1 to 
Ordinance  No.  54,  inclusive,  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  adopted  and 
confirmed  as  they  appear  in  the  printed  copy  thereof.  The 
Mayor  and  Clerk  are  directed  to  certify  a copy  of  said  Ordinances, 
and  attach  the  same  to  the  recorded  proceedings  of  the  Councih 
The  said  Ordinances  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  this  date. 

LEWIS  MANGAN,  Mayor  City  of  Frankfort. 

Attest:  Chas.  G.  Payne,  Clerk  B.  C.  C.  F. 


ORDINANCES,  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS, 


FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  THE 

CITY  OF  FRANKFORT. 


ENACTING  CLAUSE. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Councilmen 
of  the  City  of  Frankfort,  Tliat  from  and  after  tlie  first 
day  of  December,  1890,  the  following  shall  constitute 
the  Ordinances,  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  govern- 
ment of  said  city,  upon  all  subjects  embraced  therein; 
and  all  Ordinances,  Orders,  Rules,  By-laws  or  Regula- 
tions, or  any  part  thereof,  in  conflict  therewith,  are 
hereby  repealed. 

OI^OJiVAXCB  Ao.  1. 

ANIMALS. 

§ 1.  Any  person  who  shall,  in  an}"  street  within  the 
city,  run,  race,  or  gallop  a horse,  mule  or  ass,  or  start 
one  for  that  purpose,  or  turn  loose  one  that  is  bridled  or 
saddled,  or  who  shall,  in  any  street  or  open  lot  within 
the  city,  put  a stud-horse  or  ass  to  a mare  or  jennet,  or 
use  one  as  a teaser,  or  permit  the  same  to  be  done,  shall 
be  flned  for  each  offense  ten  dollars.  Any  person  who 
shall  show  any  stud  or  jack  in  any  public  place  within 
the  city,  without  the  permission  of  the  Mayor,  shall 
be  flned  three  dollars. 

§ 2.  The  owner  or  controller  of  any  bitch  dog,  who 
shall  permit  her,  when  proud  or  rutting,  to  run  at  large 
within  the  city,  shall,  for  each  offense,  be.  subject  to  a 
fine  of  ten  dollars.  Each  and  every  day  such  bitch 
may  be  permitted  to  so  run  at  large  when  proud  shall 
be  held  a separate  offense.  The  owner  of  such  bitch 


$10  fine  to  run 
horse  or  turn 
one  loose,  or  put 
one  to  mare. 


$3  fine  to  show 
stud  without 
consent  of  May- 
or. 


SIO  fine  to  per- 
mit proud  bitch 
to  run  at  large. 


Each  day  sepa- 
rate offense. 


2 


ANIMALS. 


Owner  to  be  no- 
tified by  Mar- 
shal. 


Cmelty  to  ani- 
mals. 


Fast  riding  or 
driving. 


Leaving  team 
mihltched. 


Vicious  dogs. 


Barking  dogs. 


shall  be  promptly  notified  by  the  Marshal  or  Policeman; 
and  if  he  fail  to  confine  her  immediately,  or  if  no  owner 
can  be  found,  such  bitch  shall  be  killed  by  the  Marshal 
or  Policeman. 

§ 3.  Any  person  who  shall  beat  or  otherwise  injure  a 
horse  or  other  animal  in  an  immoderate,  cruel  or  un- 
necessary degree,  shall  be  fined  ten  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

§ 4.  Any  person  who  shall  ride,  lead  or  drive  any  horse 
or  other  animal,  in  any  street  or  ally,  in  a gait  faster 
than  a trot  or  pace,  or  at  a rate  faster  than  six  miles  an 
hour,  shall,  for  each  offense,  be  fined  three  dollars. 

§ 5.  Any  person  who  shall  leave  a wagon  and  team, 
horse  and  buggy,  or  other  vehicle  and  horse,  in  any 
street  or  alley,  unsecured  or  unhitched,  shall,  for  each 
offense,  be  fined  three  dollars. 

§ 6.  Any  person  who  shall,  within  the  limits  of  the 
city,  keep  or  harbor  any  animal  of  the  dog  kind,  that 
shall  bite  or  fiercely  attack,  any  person  whatever — such 
animal,  at  the  time  of  such  biting  or  attack,  not  being 
within  the  inclosure  of  its  owner  or  controller — such 
person,  so  harboring  or  keeping,  such  animal,  shall,  on 
conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense:  Provided, 
That  this  provision  shall  not  apply  to  any  case  wherein 
the  person  bit  or  attaoked  shall  break  or  enter  without 
permission,  any  inclosure,  and  shall  be  pursued  there- 
from by  such  dog. 

§ 7.  Any  person  who  shall  permit  on  his  premises, 
within  the  city,  any  loud  and  frequent  or  continued 
barking,  howling  or  yelping,  of  any  animal  of  the  dog- 
kind,  so  as  to  annoy  and  disturb  any  neighbors,  shall, 
for  every  twelve  hours  such  annoyance  shall  continue, 
after  one  day’s  notice  by  the  Marshal,  be  liable  to  a fine 
of  not  exceeding  ten  dollars. 


ASSESSOR  AND  ASSESSMENTS. 


3 


§ 8.  At  sucli  seasons  of  the  year,  and  during  such 
period  of  time  as  there  may  be  danger  from  hydro- 
phobia, or  the  public  safety  may  require  it,  the  Mayor 
^liall  issue  his  proclamation,  requiring  the  owners  of  all 
dogs  to  keep  them  within  the  limits  of  their  own  in- 
closures, or  if  allowed  to  go  upon  the  streets,  to  be 
securely  muzzled.  Any  person  suffering  his  dog  to  go 
upon  the  streets,  within  the  city,  without  being  securely 
muzzled,  after  the  issual  of  the  Mayor’s  proclamation 
as  aforesaid,  and  within  the  time  specified  therein,  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars; 
and  if  such  dog  is  found  at  large  a second  time  without 
muzzle,  within  said  period,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Police  Judge,  in  addition  to  adjudging  the  fine  as  afore- 
said, to  order  the  C.ity  Marshal  or  a ^Vatchman  to  kill 
such  dog.  Any  dog  found  running  at  large  without  be- 
ing so  muzzled,  at  any  time  fixed  after  the  time  fixed 
by  the  Mayor  in  his  proclamation,  shall  be  killed  by  the 
City  Marshal  or  any  Policeman  seeing  them. 


ORDINA:SCn  Ao.  2, 

i 

ASSESSOR  AND  ASSESSMENTS. 

§ 1.  The  Assessor,  before  entering  on  the  duties  of 
his  office,  shall  make  oath  that  he  will  well  and  truly, 
to  the  best  of  his  skill  and  ability,  perform  the  duties 
of  Assessor  without  fear,  malice,  favor  or  intentional 
injustice;  that  he  will  fix  a fair  value  on  all  property 
listed  by  him,  without  favor  or  partiality;  and  will  dil- 
igently search  and  inquire,  so  that  no  person  is  passed 
over  or  shall  fail  to  have  an  opportunity  to  give  in  his 
list  of  taxable  property;  and  that  he  will  faithfully  re- 
port all  persons  who  shall  fail  to  refuse  to  give  in  a list 
of  their  taxable  estate  when  called  on  or  notified  for 


Dogs  to  be  muz- 
zled at  certain 
seasons  u p o n 
proclamation  of 
Mayor. 


Fine  not  less 
than  So  nor 
more  than  $20. 


When  dog  to  be 
killed. 


Oath  of  Assec- 
sor. 


4 


ASSESSOR  AND  ASSESSMENTS. 


When  duties  to 
commence. 


I>:ite  of  assess- 
ment. 


He  shall  apply 
to  or  notify  all 
tax-payers. 


Tax-pay*er  shall 
list  aU  taxable 
property  in  his 
possession  or 
control. 


Shall  be  fined 
for  not  render- 
ing complete 
list. 


tliat  purpose,  or  who  have  given  in  a false  or  fraudulent 
list  or  who  shall  otherwise  violate  or  evade  any  law, 
ordinance  or  regulation  in  relation  to  assessments. 

§ 2.  He  may  commence  the  duties  of  his  office  on  the 
10th  day  of  January,  and  shall  complete  ami  return  his 
tax-book  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  by  the  1st  day  of 
March.  All  assessments  made  by  him  shall  he  taken 
as  of  the  10th  day  of  January. 

§ 3.  He  shall  apply  personally  at  the  residence  or 
place  of  business  of  such  person  subject  to  taxation, 
and  apply  Ibr  a list  of  taxable  property,  and  if  such 
person  be  not  found  at  such  residence  or  place  of  busi- 
ness, the  Assessor  shall  leave  with  some  person  over 
the  age  of  sixteen  years,  or  post  on  the  front  door  of 
such  residence  or  place  of  business,  a written  notice 
specifying  a time  and  place  when  such  person  is  re- 
quired to  render  a list  of  his  or  her  taxable  property, 
and  shall  report  in  writing  to  the  City  Attorney  every 
person  who  shall  fail  or  refuse  lo  render  a true  list  of 
his  or  her  taxable  estate  when  so  called  on  or  notified. 

Subsec.  1.  Any  person  who  has  in  his  or  her  posses- 
sion or  under  his  or  her  control  any  taxable  property 
in  the  city  of  Frankfort,  belonging  to  persons  not  re- 
siding in  said  city,  shall,  when  called  upon  by  said  As- 
sessor, render  to  him  a true  list  of  any  and  all  of  such 
property,  with  the  names  of  the  owner  or  owners 
thereof. 

Subsec.  2.  Any  person  failing  to  render  such  list  or  who 
shall  render  an  imperfect,  false  or  fraudulent  hst,  when 
so  called  upon  by  the  Assessor,  shall,  for  each  offense,  be 
fined  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  each  refusal 
to  render  said  list  shall  be  deemed  a se}>arate  offense. 

Subsec.  3.  Such  fine  or  fines  shall  be  recovered  by 
a warrant  before  the  Police  Judge  of  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort. 


ASSESSOll  AND  ASSESSMENTS. 


§ 4.  If  the  Assessor  report  any  one  as  delinquent 
vunder  the  next  preeeding  section,  without  having  per- 
formed tlie  duties  required  of  him  in  said  section,  he 
shall  he  fined  two  dollars  for  each  offense,  recoverable 
by  warrant  before  the  Police  Judge. 

§ 5.  The  Assessor  shall  make  out  and  return  to  the 
Clerk  of  the  Board 'the  assessment  book,  with  the  name, 
in  alphabetical  order,  of  each  tax-payer,  and  opposite 
thereto  his  residence,  and  the  location,  number,  width, 
depth  and  value  of  each  of  his  lots . of  ground,  with 
the  improvements  thereon,  the  description  and  value, 
in  separate  and  appropriate  columns,  of  each  and  every 
description  of  property  owned  by  him  within  the  city, 
including  the  value  of  all  gold  aud  silver  and  other 
metallic  watches  and  clocks,  silver  place  and  ware, 
pianos  and  other  musical  instruments,  buggies  and 
carriages,  the  number  of  shares  and  value  of  railroad, 
turnpike  or  bridge  stock,  and  stock  in  any  and  all 
manufacturing  or  other  companies  owned  by  residents 
of  said  city  ; and  also  the  whole  amount  of  the  capital 
stock  of  any  manufacturing  or  other  comj^any  located 
in  said  city,  together  with  amount  each  resident  of  said 
city  may  be  worth  from  all  other  sources,  after  deduct- 
ing therefrom  the  amount  of  his  indebtedness  as  prin- 
cipal and  such  articles  as  may  be  by  law  exempt  from 
taxation.  He  shall  also  enumerate,  in  a separate  col- 
umn, the  number  of  children  in  each  family  between 
the  ages  of  six  and  twenty. 

§ 6.  That  the  property  which  has  been  sold  for  taxes 
shall  be  afterwards,  and  unlil  it  is  redeemed,  assessed 
against  the  holder  of  the  tax  title.  But  when  the  city 
is  the  holder  of  said  title,  the  tax  bill  therefor  shall  not 
be  delivered  to  the  Collector. 

§ 7.  The  Assessor  shall  administer  to  persons  listing 
their  property  the  following  oath  : “You  do  swear  that 


Penalty  for  im- 
proper report. 


Assessment, 

book. 


Number  of  chil- 
dren. 


Oath  to  be 
taken  by  per- 
sons listing  es- 
tate. 


ASSESSOR  AND  ASSESSMENTS. 


this  list  of  taxable  estate  given  in  by  you  contains  a 
full  and  complete  list,  and  the  best  description  of  the 
same  you  can  give,  of  all  and  every  species  of  property 
belonging  to  you  or  in  your  possession,  legally  subject 
to  taxation  within  the  city  of  Frankfort  on  the  lOtb 
day  of  January  last,  ancT  that  no  removal  of  property 
or  omission  has  been  made,  or  any  method  or  device 
adopted  or  practiced  whereby  to  evade  the  payment  of 
taxes  due  by  you  ; and  that  you  will  true  and  perfect 
answers  make  to  such  questions  as  may  be  asked  of  you 
concerning  your  taxable  estate — so  help  you  God.” 
compensaMon.  § compensation  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of 

Councilmen,  from  time  to  time,  as  the  labors  of  the 
incumbent  may  render  reasonable. 

§ 9.  When  the  tax  lists  as  taken  by  the  Assessor 
shall  be  returned  to  the  Clerk,  he  shall  report  the  fact 
next  meeting  of  Council ; and  the  Board  shall 
enors.  thereupon  fix  a date,  within  fifteen  days  next  ensuing, 

when  it  will  consider  as  a Committee  of  the  Whole  the 
Assessor’s  book,  and  correct  any  errors  of  the  Assessor, 
whether  in  fact  or  in  relation  to  the  valuation  of  the 
estate  listed  ; and  in  cases  where  they  shall  be  of  opin- 
ion that  estate  has  been  incorrectly  valued,  to  fix  the 
same  at  its  proper  value.  Said  Board  acting  as  a Com- 
mittee of  the  Whole,  shall  have  power  to  adjourn  from 
' day  to  day,  and  to  compel  the  attendance  and  exami- 
nation of  witnesses  before  them,  regarding  valuation 
of  property,  and  ma}"  receive  the  tax  list  of  any  person 
omitted  b}"  the  Assessor,  and  enter  the  same  in  said 
book.  The  Clerk  of  the  Council  shall  act  as  Clerk  of 
said  Committee,  and  keep  a record  of  its  proceedings, 
which  shall  be  certified  upon  the  said  xA.ssessor’s  book 
to  the  Council  at  its  next  meeting,  after  said  examina- 
tion is  completed.  Upon  said  report  being  made,  the 
Council  shall  hear  and  determine  any  appeal  from  the 


ATTORNEY,  CITY. 


7 


'decision  of  the  Board  acting  as  a Committee,  and  shall, 
after  proper  corrections  sliall  have  been  made,  approve 
said  book.  When  tlie  Clerk  shall  proceed  to  the  dis- 
■charge  of  his  duties  in  relation  thereto,  as  prescribed 
in  Ordinance  No.  8,  and  such  other  Laws,  Ordinances 
and  Rules  as  may  be  applicable  thereto. 


ORDINA.NCB  Na.  3. 

ATTORNEY,  CITY. 

§ 1.  The  City  Attorney  shall  represent  the  city  in  all 
prosecutions  for  violations  of  the  Laws  or  Ordinances  of 
the  city,  and  assist  in  enforcing  the  same,  and  shall 
represent  the  city  in  all  cases  in  which  she  may  be 
concerned,  or  a party  in  any  court  held  in  said  city. 

He  shall  not  himself  receive,  but  shall  see  that  the 
Marshal  and  all  others  promptly  collect  and  pay  over  to 
the  Treasurer,  all  moneys  by  them  receivable  for  the 
city. 

He  shall  report  promptly  to  the  Board  of  Council- 
men  the  names  and  offenses  of  any  persons  doing  busi- 
ness under  a license  from  the  authorities  of  the  city, 
who  may  be  convicted  of  a violation  of  the  conditions 
of  their  bond  or  of  the  conditions  upon  which  such 
license  was  granted,  and  the  date  of  such  conviction. 

He  shall,  on  request  of  any  city  officer,  advise  him 
as  to  his  duty;  and,  if  required  by  such  officer,  shall 
give  his  written  opinion  on  any  point. 

Lie  shall  prefer  charges,  before  the  Board  of  Coun- 
cilmen,  against  any  officer  of  the  city^  who  shall  fail, 
neglect,  or  refuse  to  perform  his  official  duties,  and 
shall  attend,  before  the  Board,  to  the  prosecution  of  any 
officer  on  trial. 

§ 2.  The  compensation  to  the  City  Attorney  for  his 
■services  shall  be  thirty  per  centum  of  all  fines  and  for- 


H i s duty  to 
prosecute  all 
offenses  against 
city,  and  repre- 
sent city  in  all 
cases. 


To  see  that 
city  funds  be 
nromntly  col- 
lected and  paid 
in. 


Report  all  li- 
censes violated. 


Give  advice  to 
officers, 


Shall  prefer 
charges  against 
delinquent  offi- 
cers and  prose- 
cute them. 


Compensation 
o f City  Attor- 
ney. 


8 


AUCTIONEERS  AND  I’EDDLERS. 


To  make  semi- 
annual, i-enorts 
to  Council  of  un- 
collectel  fines 
by-  Police  Court. 


To  make  semi- 
annual reports 
as  to  condition 
of  dues  of  ;;11 
kinds  in  t b e 
hands  of  t h e 
Marshal. 


Duty  In  regard 
to  collection  of 
water  and  gas 
bills. 


Tax  on  license 
to  auction  mer- 
chandise. 


Tax  on  ped- 
dlers. 


foitures  recovered  and  collected  under  the  Charter,  Or- 
dinances  or  Regulations  of  the  city,  and,  in  addition 
thereto,  an  annual  salary  of  three  hundred  dollars,  to 
be  jiaid  (juarterly,  out  of  the  City  Treasury. 

§ 3.  He  shall,  semi-annually,  examine  the  records  of 
the  Police  Court,  and  report  in  writing  to  the  Council 
what  hues  and  costs  are  uncollected,  the  parties  against 
wlioni  they  wmre  assessed,  the  amounts,  and  the  con- 
dition of  same,  and  the  reasons  why  they  have  not  been 
collected.  He  shall  also,  semi-annually,  examine  into 
the  condition  of  the  dues  and  demands  of  all  kinds  in 
the  hands  of  the  Marshal  for  collection,  and  report  to 
the  Council,  in  writing,  the  amounts  uncollected,  under 
their  respective  heads,  and  state  the  reasons  wdiy  they 
were  not  collected.  Said  reports  shall  be  made,  on  the 
first  Tuesdays  in  July  and  January  of  each  year. 

§ 4.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  see  that  subsection  No.  7 
of  section  2 of  Ordinance  No.  15,  section  No.  9,  of  Or- 
dinance No.  8,  and  Ordinance  No.  21,  be  faithfully 
observed  by  the  Clerk,  the  Marshal,  and  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Gas  and  AVater,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to 
see  that  the  demands  and  dues  of  the  city  are  collected, 
as  speedily  as  possible. 


ORniNANCn  Na.  4, 

AUCTIONEERS  AND  PEDDLERS. 

§ 1.  Auction^^ers  of  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise,, 
other  than  those  manufactured  wdthin  the  State,  and 
all  peddlers  or  itinerant  merchants,  shall  pay  to  the 
city,  monthly,  a tax  of  five  per  cent,  on  the  gross 
amount  of  all  sales  wdthin  the  city,  wdiich  tax  shall  be 
assessed  on  the  written  report  of  such  party,  made  un- 
der oath  to  the  City  Clerk.  Any  person  failing  to  make 
such  report,  and  to  pay  the  sum  aforesaid  into  the  City 


Penalty. 


CITY  COURT. 


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Treasury  for  five  days  after  tlie  expiration  of  the  month, 
or  after  conclusion  of  any  season  of  sale  witliin  tlie 
city,  shall  be  fined  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisoned 
twenty  days,  or  both  so  fined  and  imprisoned,  at  the 
discretion  of  a jury. 

§ 2.  That  auctioneers  selling  property  of  any  de- 
scription, other  than  stock,  shall  pay  into  the  City 
Treasury  annually  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars,  for  which 
the  Clerk  shall  issue  an  auctioneer’s  license  for  the 
period  so  paid  for;  and  any  person  selling  property  at 
auction  within  the  city  of  Frankfort,  contrary  to  this 
section,  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  penalties  prescribed 
in  the  Ordinances  for  carrying  on  business  without  li- 
cense. 

§ 3.  That  any  person  whose  principal  place  of  busi- 
ness is  not  in  this  city,  or  who  conducts  his  principal 
business  without  this  city,  and  shall  sell  or  offer  to  sell  any 
goods,  wares,  or  merchandise,  by  sample  or  represen- 
tation, in  this  ciCv,  to  any  person  other  than  persons 
doing  a licensed  business  in  this  city,  must  first  obtain 
an  annual  license  therefor  by  paying  therefor  the 
amount  required  to  be  paid  by  merchants  doing  busi- 
ness in  this  city. 

§ 4.  Any  person  violating  this  section  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars. 


ORDINAJ^CB  JSo.  o. 

CITY  COURT. 

§ 1.  All  cases  of  penalties  imposed  by,  and  prosecu- 
tions for  violations  of,  these  Ordinances,  shall  be  by 
warrant  before  the  Police  Judge  of  the  city:  Provided, 
That  when,  from  any  cause,  the  Police  Judge  fails  to 
issue  the  necessary  warrant,  or  to  attend  any  trial,  or 


Auctioneer’s  li- 
cense. 


Unlawful  for 
certain  persons 
to  sell  goods 
by  sample. 


Prosecutions  by 
warrant  before 
Police  Judge. 


In  his  absence 
Mayor,  Justice 
of  the  Peace,  or 
County  Judge 
may  act. 


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CITY  COURT. 


Police  Judge  to 
report  to  tue 
City  Clerk  once 
a month,  &c. 


Unless  fine  neid 
at  once,  to  be 
discharge  cl  b y 
labor  at  the 
rate  of  fifty 
cents  per  day. 


Deduction  to  be 
made  for  work 
done  if  fine 
paid  after  im- 
prisonment. 


No  person  to  be 
discmirged  ex- 
cent  by  order  of 
Police  Judge  or 
Mayor. 


Police.  &c.,  to 
report  to  City 
Judge. 


When. 


if  ill  attendance,  cannot  properly  preside,  the  duties  of 
said  Judge  may  be  discharged  by  the  Mayor  of  the 
city,  or  by  any  Justice  of  the  Peace,  or  the  Presiding 
Judge  of  Franklin  county. 

§ 2.  The  Police  Judge  shall  report  monthly  to  the 
City  Clerk  a list  of  all  judgments  in  the  police  Court 
for  fines  imposed  for  breaches  of  the  Ordinances  or  Laws 
of  the  city,  stating  whether  the  same,  or  any  part  there- 
of, have  been  paid,  and  to  whom,  and  whether  execu- 
tions have  been  issued,  and  to  whom  delivered. 

§ 3.  That  in  all  cases  wherein  fines  are  imposed  in 
the  Police  Court  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Judge  to 
specify  in  the  judgment  that  unless  said  lines  and  the 
costs  are  paid  or  replevied  at  once,  the  same  shall  be 
discharged  by  labor  in  the  work-house  })remises  or  in 
the  quarries  used  and  occupied  by  the  city,  or  on  the 
streets  and  alleys  of  the  city,  at  the  rate  of  fifty  cents  per 
day:  Provided,  That  if  any  part  of  said  tines  and  costs  is 
paid  or  replevied  after  commitment  to  the  work-house, 
the  person  theretofore  confined  therein  shall  have  credit 
upon  the  judgment  rendered  against  him  for  the  num- 
ber of  days  he  shall  have  been  confined,  at  the  rate  of 
fifty  cents  per  day:  Provided  further,  JJiat  no  person 
shall  be  discharged  from  the  work-house  exccqit  on  the 
written  order  of  the  Police  Judge  or  Mayor  of  the  city. 

§ 4,  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Attorney,  the 
Marshal,  Assistant  Marshal,  and  all  watchmen  of  the 
city  of  Frankfort,  on  every  Monday,  between  the  hours 
of  9 and  .12  o’clock,  A.  M.,  to  report  to  the  Police  Judge 
of  said  city,  at  his  office,  and  under  oath,  to  said  Judge, 
any  infractions  of  the  Laws  or  Ordinances  of  said  city 
of  which  they  may  have  knovvdedge  or  reliable  infor- 
mation. 


CITY  CLOCK  KEEPER CLAIMS. 


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oizniNANcn  ivo.  o. 

CITY  CLOCK  KEEPER. 

§ 1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Keeper  of  the  City 
Clock  to  see  that  tlie  same  is  ke})t  constantly  well 
cleaned,  oiled  and  regulated,  with  everything  in  good 
running  order;  and  he  shall,  from  time  to  lime,  set  and 
regulate  it,  so  that  it.  shall  indicate  the  correct  time. 
For  his  services  he  shall  be  paid  the  sum  of  fifty  dol- 
lars per  annum,  payable  quarterly. 


ORniJSAJ^CB  AY>.  7. 

CLAIMS. 

§ 1.  Any  person  having  a claim  against  the  city  un- 
der a written  contract  specifying  the  amount  to  be  paid, 
and  the  time  of  payment,  shall  present  the  same  to  the 
Clerk,  with  the  certificate  thereon  of  the  officer  or  com- 
mittee superintending  its  execution  for  the  city,  that 
the  work  has  been  done,  or  the  materials  or  otlier  arti- 
cles furnished,  according  to  the  contract,  and  the  amount 
thereof,  when  the  Clerk  shall  examine,  audit  and  adjust 
the  claim,  certify  thereon  the  correct  balance  due,  and 
present  the  claim,  so  certified,  to  the  IMayor  for  his  ap- 
proval. If  the  Council  approve  said  claim,  the  Mayor 
shall  so  indorse  it,  in  writing,  and  thereupon  the  Clerk 
shall  issue  his  warrant  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  amount 
due,  and  deliver  it  to  the  person  entitled  thereto,  tak- 
ing diis  receipt  therefor.  All  other  claims  against  the 
city  sliall,  before  being  allowed  by  the  Council,  be  re- 
ferred to  the  committee  having  charge  of  that  depart- 
ment of  the  business  for  which  the  indebtedness  was 
incurred,  and  when  investigated,  reported  by  the  com- 
mittee, and  allowed,  shall  be.  paid  in  same  manner. 

§ 2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  persons,  whose  duty 


His  duties. 


Pay. 


Claims  to  be 
certified  a n d 
audited  before 
a i 1 o w e d by 
Council. 


Claims  not  on 
written  c o n - 
tracts  to  be  re- 
ferred to  com- 
mittee. 


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Cr.EItK. 


Purclu'.seofclty 
supplies  to  be 
advertised. 


C’aims  due  the 
city  to  be  paid 
d reasurer. 


City  Attorney  to 
coerce  pay- 
ment. 


No  witness 
claim  allowed 
Policemen,  &c. 


Oath  and  bond. 


requires  them  to  purchase  suiiplies  of  any  kind  for  the 
city  of  Frankfort,  to  first  ascertain  from  the  proper 
officers  and  departments,  hy  actual  aiul  written  esti- 
mates, what  amount  of  supplies,  more  or  less,  should 
be  purchased  for  the  next  succeeding  six  months;  and, 
after  having  received  such  estimates,  such  person  or 
persons  shall  not  purchase  such  supplies  until  after  he 
has  advertised  for  at  least  two  weeks  for  bids  for  fur- 
nisliing  such  supplies,  and  tliPii  he  or  they  shall  accept 
the  lowest  best  bid  for  all  supplies  that  may  be  pur- 
chased; the  advertising  to  be  done  by  the  proper  coin- 
mi  ttec. 

§ 3.  All  evidences  of  indebtedness  to  the  city  shall 
be  audited  by  the  Clerk,  and  made  payable  to  the 
Treasurer;  and  if  any  debt  remains  unpaid  twenty 
days  after  due,  the  Treasurer  shall  hand  it  to  the  City 
Attorney  to  collect  by  legal  process;  and  the  Attorney 
shall,  whenever  called  on  by  the  Mayor  or  any  member 
of  the  Council,  report,  in  writing,  the  true  condition  of 
all  claims  due  the  city  in  his  cliarge. 

§ 4.  That  neither  the  Marshal,  Assistant  Marshal  or 
any  Watchman  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  shall  be  al- 
lowed any  fees  for  attendance  as  witnesses  in  the  Frank- 
fort City  Police  Court. 

§ 5.  All  parties  having  claims  against  the  city  are  re- 
quired to  make  them  out  under  a proper  form,  as  pre- 
scribed by  Ordinance. 


ORDINANCB  Na.  8. 

CLERK. 

§ 1.  Before  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties, 
the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  take  an 
oath  before  the  Police  Judge  or  some  Justice  of  the 
Peace  faithfully  to  discharge  the  duties  appertaining 


(CLERIC. 


13 


to  liis  office,  and  execute  a covenant  to  the  Board,  with 
good  and  sufficient  surety,  to  he  approved  by  tlie  Board, 
for  the  performance  of  all  the  duties  imposed  on  liim 
by  law,  l)y  tlie  Ordinances  of  the  city,  and  by  virtue  of 
his  office. 

§ 2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  to  be  present  at  General  duties, 
all  meetings  of  the  Council,  and  to  record  accurately  in 
a legible  handwriting,  in  a book  kept  by  Ihin  for  that 
purpose,  the  proceedings  of  the  Board,  which  record 
book  he  shall  have  present  at  each  meeting,  and  which 
shall  at  any  time  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the 
^layor,  any  member  of  the  Council,  or  any  peT-son  in- 
terested in  the  proceedings  thereof.  He  shall  read  the 
record  of  the  proceedings  of  each  meeting  at  the  next 
succeeding  meeting  of  the  Council,  when,  after  any 
correction  which  may  be  necessary  shall  have  been 
made,  the  record  shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor.  He 
shall  preserve  and  carefully  file,  properly  labeled,  all 
bonds,  contracts,  reports,  books,  documents  or  papers 
of  any  description,  belonging  to  or  affecting  the  inter- 
ests of  the  city^,  or  of  individuals,  which  shall  come  to 
his  hands  as  Clerk,  and  shall  exhibit  the  same  to  any 
person  interested  therein,  at  any  time  when  called  upon 
so  to  do. 

S 3.  He  shall,  after  the  list  of  taxable  propertv  taken  his  duty  as  to 
by  the  City  Assessor  shall  have  been  examined  and 
corrected  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  and  approved  by 
the  Council,  within  ten  days,  make  out  the  tax-book 
therefrom,  and  deliver  the  same,  together  with  a certi- 
fied copy  of  the  classified  list  of  taxes  assessed  against 
stores  and  business  houses  in  the  city,  to  the  Treasurer, 
taking  his  receipt  therefor;  and,  at  the  expiration  of 
the  time  designated  by  the  order  of  the  Board  for  the 
same  to  remain  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  he  shall 
make  settlement  with  him,  charging  him  with  all  taxes 


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CLERK. 


To  keep  a c- 
count  finances. 


To  audit  ail 
claims  due  to 
and  from  city. 


To  issue  war- 
rants. 


To  report  all 
persons  indebt- 
ed to  city  to  At- 
torney. 


Grant  permits 
to  make  pay- 
ments to  Treas- 
urer. 


received  thereon,  find  fortliwith  list  the  unpfjid  taxes 
witli  the  Marslial  for  collection.  He  shall  require  the 
Marshal  to  nnike  monthly  settlements,  and  pay  into  the 
Treasury  the  taxes  and  moneys  in  his  hands  belonging 
to  the  city. 

§ 4.  lie  shall  keep  a separate  account  of  all  taxes  and 
moneys  collected,  so  as  to  exhibit  the  amount  collected 
under  each  head.  He  shall  keep  a correct  list  of  all 
balances  due  by  the  city  to  individuals,  and  by  individ- 
uals to  the  city,  and  report  the  same  to  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  quarterly ; and  he  shall  report  to  the 
Mayor  or  the  Board,  at  any  time  when  required,  any 
information  connected  with  the  business  of  his  office. 

§ 5.  He  shall  audit  and  enter  all  accounts  and  all 
other  demands  payable  out  of  the  City  Treasury,  all 
accounts  of  the  collection  of  revenues,  taxes,  fines, 
forfeitures  or  other  moneys  due  the  city;  and  shall  issue 
his  warrant  on  the  Treasury  for  all  moneys  payable  by 
the  city  on  any  account,  which  warrant  shall  state  upon 
its  face  the  date,  amount,  and  name  of  the  person  to 
whom  payable,  and  on  what  account,  and  out  of  what 
fund  to  be  paid;  and  such  warrant  shall  not  be  issued 
unless  the  money  to  pay  the  same  has  been  appropri- 
ated by  the  Board. 

§ 6.  He  shall  report  all  officers  and  persons  indebted 
to  the  city  who  fail  to  render  their  accounts  in  proper 
time,  or  pay  the  money  in  their  hands  due  the  city  into 
the  Treasury,  to  the  City  Attorney,  who  shall  promptly 
institute  proper  proceedings,  and  prosecute  the  same, 
to  enforce  the  performance  of  such  duty  and  the  pay- 
ment of  the  money  due  the  City  Treasury. 

§ 7.  He  shall  grant  written  permits  or  authority  to 
the  Treasurer  to  receive  money  from  public  officers,  or 
other  persons,  due  the  city,  stating  the  person,  the 
amount  to  be  paid  in,  and  the  fund  to  which  it  belongs, 


CLERK. 


ir> 


and  cliarge  the  same  to  the  Treasurer  in  an  appropriate 
book,  under  its  proper  head 

§ S.  He  shall  so  keep  the  accounts  that  they  will 
truly  and  clearly  exhibit  the  amount  of  all  moneys  p«id 
into  the  Treasury,  by  whom,  and  for  what  account  paid; 
and  also,  in  like  manner,  exhibit  the  amount  of  public 
expenditures,  and  each  item  thereof.  He  shall  keep  an 
accurate  account,  in  books,  of  all  warrants  or  permits 
by  him  drawn  or  issued,  showing  in  due  succession  the 
date,  number  and  amount  of  such  warrant  or  perm, it 
for  what,  and  to  whom  issued.  In  numbering  and  dat- 
ing his  warrants  and  certificates  (or  permits),  he  shall 
begin  the  first  day  of  January  and  end  the  thirty-first 
of  December,  inclusive,  of  each  year. 

§ 9.  He  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  Or- 
dinances or  orders  of  the  Board  may  require  of  him; 
and  shall  receive  an  annual  salary  of  one  thousand 
dollars,  payable  monthly  out  of  the  City  Treasury. 

§ 10.  When  issuing  warrants,  the  Clerk  shall  look  to 
the  delinquent  tax  list  in  his  keeping,  and  ascertain 
whether  the  person  or  persons  to  whom  the  warrants 
are  issued  are  indebted  to  the  city;  and  if  such  be  the 
fact,  he  shall  credit  the  warrant  or  warrants  with  the 
amount  due  by  said  person,  or  such  portion  of  such  in- 
debtedness not  in  excess  of  the  warrant.  This  section 
shall  also  apply  in  cases  of  indebtedness  to  the  city  on 
an  account,  and  to  all  persons,  including  city  officers. 

§ 11.  That  all  city  officers  required  to  pay  money 
into  the  City  Treasury  shall  first  procure  an  order  from 
the  City  Clerk  to  the  Treasurer  to  receive  the  same,  and 
the  Treasurer,  upon  the  payment  to  him  of  the  amount 
specified  in  said  order,  shall  receipt  for  the  same,  which 
receipt  shall  be  filed  with  the  Clerk,  and  constitute  the 
sole  evidence  of  said  payment.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
said  Clerk,  upon  the  filing  of  the  Treasurer’s  receipt. 


To  keep  a c - 

COU.itS. 


ilis  saLuy. 


City  warrants 
subject  to  dues. 


Clerk  to  retain 
money  due  city. 


Officers  requir- 
6vl  to  have  per- 
mits to  pay  in 
money. 


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CONSTRUCTION — COUNCIL  MEETINGS. 


Coiistmction  of 
Ordinances. 


Time  of  regular 
meeting. 


to  give  proper  voucher  of  payment  to  the  city  officer 
so  complying  with  ihe  requirements  of  this  Ordinance. 


OUniNA^NCB  No.  9. 

CONSTRUCTION. 

§ 1.  In  the  construction  of  the  Ordinances  of  the 
city,  words  used  in  the  past  or  present  tense  shall  in- 
clude the  future;  the  masculine  gender  shall  include 
the  feminine  and  neuter;  the  singular  number  shall 
include  the  plural,  and  the  plural  the  singular;  the 
word  “person”  shall  include  a corporation  as  well  as  a 
natural  person  ; writing  shall  include  printing  or 
printed  paper;  “Board”  or  “Council”  shall  be  taken  to 
mean  Board  of  Councilmen;  words  descriptive  of  acts, 
duties,  offenses,  or  officers  in  general,  to  refer  to  such 
acts,  duties,  offenses,  or  officers  within  the  city  of 
Frankfort.  Authority  conferred  upon  an  aggregate 
body  or  committee  may  be  exercised  by  a majority  or 
quorum  of  such  body  or  committee.  Words  imposing 
fines  or  penalties  include  an  enactment  that  such  fines 
or  penalties  may  be  prosecuted  for  before  the  Police 
Judge  of  the  city,  or  any  tribunal  having  jurisdiction 
of  such  cases. 


ORDINA^NCB  No.  lO. 

COUNCIL  MEETINGS. 

§ 1.  Regular  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Councilmen 
shall  be  held  on  the  second  Tuesday  evening  of  each 
month  at  the  Council  Chamber.  At  oil  meetings  the 
President  of  the  Boaid  shall  preside,  preserve  order, 
and  decide  all  questions  of  order,  subject  to  the  decis- 
ion of  a majority  of  the  Board  on  appeal.  In  the  ab- 
sence of  the  President,  a President  tem.  shall  be 


COUNCIL  MEETINGS. 


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elected,  who  shall,  for  the  time  being,  })erform  the  same 
duties  and  have  the  same  powers.  The  President  shall 
have  the  right  to  name  any  member  to  perform  the 
duties  of  the  chair  temporarily,  during  Council  ses- 
sions, but  such  President  pro  tern,  shall  not  be  empow- 
ered to  act  beyond  the  period  of  two  hours;  less  than  a 
quorum  may  organize  and  compel  the  attendance  of 
absent  members. 

§ 2.  For  special  reasons  the  Mayor,  or  in  the  absence 
of  the  Mayor,  the  President  of  the  Board,  may  convene 
the  Council  in  called  session  at  any  time,  or  the  Mayor 
shall  so  convene  it  upon  application  of  three  members 
of  the  Council. 

§ 3.  The  City  Treasurer  and  City  Attorney  are  re- 
quired to  attend  all  regular  meetings  of  the  Council. 

§ 4.  Any  member  of  the  Council,  or  any  one  of  the 
above-named  officers,  who  shall  absent  themselves  frorn 
a regular  meeting  of  the  Council,  without  a good  and 
sufficient  excuse  therefor,  shall  be  fined  two  dollars  for 
such  offense  by  the  City  Council,  and  charged  with 
same  by  the  City  Clerk. 

§ 5.  That  Ordinance  No.  10,  title  '‘Council  Meetings, 
Compilation  of  Ordinances,”  &c.,  approved  December: 
9,  1879,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

§ 6.  That  the  rules  of  the  United  States  House  of 
Representatives,  as  compiled  and  published  by  John 
M.  Barclay,  edition  of  1861,  be  and  they  are  hereb}’’ 
adopted,  in  so  far  as  they  jnay  be  applicable,  as  the 
rules  by  which  the  proceedings  of  this  Council  shall 
be  governed,  until  the  same  shall  be  modified  or 
changed. 

2 


President  pro 
tern. 


When  Mayor  or 
Presid e n t of 
Council  may 
convene  a call- 
ed session. 


Councilmen , 
City  Attorney 
o r Treasurer 
shall  be  fined 
when  absent. 


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(,'UIMKS  AND  I’UNISH.MENTS. 


Obstructions  in 
streets,  alleys 
and  on  side- 
walks. 


Steps  and  cellar 
doors. 


Bulk,  jut,  win- 
dow, sign-post, 
&c. 


Wood  or  coal  on 
street. 


Cellar  door 
open  or  any 
obstruction  on 
sidewalk  In 
night. 


ORjyiNANGl^  Na.  11, 

CRIMES  AND  PUNISHMENT. 

§1.1.  Any  person  who  sliall  place,  or  cause  to  be 
placed,  on  a macadamized  street,  paved  alley  or  side- 
walk, any  step,  cellar  door  or  cellar-way,  which  shall 
extend  more  than  four  and  a half  feet  from  the  line  of 
the  lot  upon  such  street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  or  shall  be 
more  than  four  inches  above  the  level  of  the  adjoining 
macadamizing  or  pavement,  shall  be  fined  three  dollars, 
and  the  like  sum  for  each  twenty- four  hours  the  same 
remains. 

II.  Any  person  who  shall  cause  to  be  constructed  or 
placed  a bulk,  jut  or  window,  extending  more  than  two 
feet  from  the  lot  into  a paved  street  or  alley,  or  any 
sign,  sign-post,  horse-rack,  scales,  post,  box,  block, 
spout,  gutter,  booth,  stand  or  other  fixtures,  on  any  street 
or  sidewalk  of  the  city,  whereby  the  passage  of -such 
street  or  alley  is  incommoded,  or  the  gutter  thereof  ob- 
structed, shall  be  fined  three  dollars,  and  a like  sum  for 
each  twenty-four  hours  the  same  remains;  but  this  pro- 
vision shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  forbid  merchants 
or  others  from  using  the  streets  or  sidewalks  in  con- 
veying merchandise  or  other  property  to  or  from  their 
stores  or  houses  of  business  or  residence,  such  use  be- 
ing so  conducted  as  not  unnecessarily  to  obstruct  the 
street  or  sidewalk. 

III.  Any  person  who  shall  permit  his  wood  or  coal  to 
remain  in  or  upon  any  paved  street,  alley  or  sidewalk, 
longer  than  twenty-four  hours,  shall  be  fined  three  dol- 
lars, and  a like  sum  for  every  additional  twenty-four 
hours  the  same  thus  remains. 

IV.  Any  person  who  shall  permit  his  cellar  door,  in 
any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  to  remain  open  in  the 
night-time,  without  a light  in  such  cellar-way,  or  who 
shall  place  or  leave  any  obstruction  in  or  on  any  paved 


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street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  and  suffer  it  to  remain  there 
in  the  night-time,  or  sliall  suffer  such  obstruction  to  re" 
main  on  the  side  of  any  street  or  alley,  or  on  the  side- 
walk adjoining  his  premises,  in  the  night-time,  shall  he 
fined  for  each  offense  three  dollars,  each  and  every 
night  shall  be  held  and  deemed  a separate  offense. 

V.  Any  person  Mdib  shall  ride,  lead,  drive  or  hitch  a 
horse  or  other  animal  on  or  across  a paved  sidewalk,  ex- 
cept in  passing  to  or  from  a stable  or  lot,  shall  be  fined 
three  dollars. 

VI.  Any  person  who  shall  cast  or  place,  or  cause  to 
be  cast  or  placed,  any  shavings,  ashes,  cinders,  chips, 
trash,  mud,  dirt,  dung  or  other  filth,  in  a street  or  alley, 
or  on  a pavement,  without  the  permission  of  the  Street 
Committee,  or  ^vho  shall  discharge,  throw  or  cause  to 
be  run,  from ’a  kitchen  or  other  place,  any  nauseous, 
offensive  or  unhealthy  v’ater  or- liquid,  into  or  upon  any 
sidewalk;  street  or  alley,  or  any  adjacent  lot  of  ground, 
or  shall  place  any  dead  animal,  excrement  or  filth,  on  a 
street,  alley,  sidetvalk  or  wharf,  shall  be  fined  five  dol- 
lars, and  the  like  sum  for  each  twelve  hours  the  same 
remains;  but  this  provision  shall  not  be  so  construed  as 
to  prevent  rubbish  being  thrown  into  the  streets  and 
alleys,  if  it  be  removed  therefrom  within  twelve  hours. 

VII.  Any  person  who  shall  obstruct  a paved  street, 
alley,  sidewalk  or  gutter,  with  brick,  stone,  lime,  lum- 
ber or  other  thing,  shall  be  fined  three  dollars,  and  a 
like  sum  for  each  twelve  hours  the  same  remains:  Pro- 
vided, however,  That  this  provision  shall  not  apply  to 
persons  building  or  repairing  houses,  who  use  no  more 
than  one-half  of  the  street  or  alley  opposite  the  lot  for 
building  materials,  leaving  fre^  passage  for  water  into 
and  along  the  gutter,  and  keeping  the  sidewalk  as  clean 
and  as  clear  of  obstructions  as  may  be  practicable;  and 
plasterers  have  a like  privilege;  but  such  license  shall 


Horse  on  side- 
walk. 


Trash,  cinders, 
or  shavings  on 
street. 


Brick,  s one  or 
lumber. 


Builders  ex- 
empt. 


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CRIMES  AND  PUNISHMJ5NTS. 


Building  mate- 
rials to  be  re- 
moved wltbi’i  24 
hours  aft  e r 
work  done. 


Building  in,  on, 
across  or  over 
streets. 


Wheelbarrow 
on  sidewalk. 


Ball,  bandy, 
fire  crackers. 


Digging  and 
haxiling  earth, 
sand.  &c.,  from 
street,  fine  $5. 


continue  only  until  the  building  or  work  shall  be  coin- 
])leted,  or  until  the  expiration  of  a reasonable  time  for 
such  completion. 

VII I.  Every  person  engaged  in  any  work,  or  causing 
it  to  be  done,  which  occasions  brick,  stone,  dirt  or  other 
litter  to  be  placed  in  or  on  any  street,  alley,  wharf  or 
side'walk,  shall  remove  che  same  within  twenty-four 
hours  after  such  work  is  completed,  and  for  a failure  to 
do  so,  shall  be  fined  five  dollars  for  every  twelve  hours 
the  same,  or  any  part  thereof,  may  remain. 

IX.  Any  person  or  persons  or  corporation  that  shall 
build  upon,pnclose,  or  obstruct  with  fence,  inclosure, 
wall,  building,  or  structure  of  any  kind,  or  shall  con- 
tinue the  same  where  it  may  heretofore  have  been 
built,  erected,  or  constructed  in,  upon,  across,  or  over 
any  street,  alley  or  public  ground  of  any  kind,  without 
permission  from  the  Board,  within  the  city,  shall  be 
fined  five  dollars,  and  a like  sum  for  each  day  the  same 
may  remain. 

X.  Any  person  who  shall  wheel  or  use  a wheelbar- 
row on  any  sidewalk  within  the  city,  except  in  crossing 
the  same  in  entering  or  leaving  his  premises  or  place 
of  business,  shall  be  fined  one  dollar  for  each  offense. 

XI.  Any  person  w^ho  shall  engage  in  any  game  of 
hall  or  bandy,  or  shall  discharge  fire-crackers  in  any 
street  or  alley  within  the  city,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  one  dollar  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each 
offense.  It  is  especially  enjoined  upon  the  City  Mar- 
shal and  Policemen  to  see  that  this  provision  is  en- 
forced. 

XII.  Any  person  who  shall  dig  or  take  away  any 
sand,  gravel,  earth  or  sod,  from  any  street,  without  the 
permission  of  the  Council,  shall  be  fined  five  dollars 
for  each  cart  load  so  dug  or  taken. 


CRIMES  ANT)  PUNISHMENTS. 


21 


XIII.  Any  person  who  sliall,  without  legal  authority, 
displace  or  injure  any  pavement,  curbing  or  other  work 
■on  a street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  shall  be  fined  five  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

XIV.  Any  person  who  shall  use  or  occupy  a street, 
alley  or  sidewalk,  in  shoeing,  or  preparing  to  shoe,  a 
horse  or  other  animal,  or  shall,  by  means  of  any  stage, 
Wcigon,  carriage  or'other  vehicle,  finished  or  unfinished, 
obstruct  or  interrupt  the  free  use  of  the  streets  or  alleys, 
at  intersections  or  crossing  places,  shall  be  fined  five 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

§ 2.  I.  Any  person  who  shall  injure,  damage,  befoul 
-or  deface  the  State-house,  court-house,  market-house, 
engine-house,  work-liouse  or  any  other  city  or  State 
building,  church  or  plac^  of  public  worship,  or  any 
buildings,  property,  furniture,  fixture,  fence  or  inclosure 
appertaining  to  either,  or  any  private  property,  or  any 
tree,  shrub  or  plant,  on  any  public  ground,  or  any  box, 
plank  or  fixture  thereon,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  one 
dollar,  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars,  for  each  offense. 

. II.  Any  person  who  shall  injure  or  deface  any  water 
or  gas-pipe,  or  any  fire-plug,  stop-cock,  gas-post,  or 
lamp,  or  any  fixture  pertaining  to  the  water-works  or 
gas-works  in  the  city,  or  any  fire  engine,  hose,  hose- 
carriage,  public  cistern,  or  any  fixture  or  thing  apper- 
taining to  either,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five 
dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  for  each  offense. 

§ 3.  If  any  factory,  tan-yard,  brewery,  privy  or  other 
establishment  or  building,  shall  be  erected,  or  continued 
so  as  to  cause  a nuisance  to  any  person,  or  to  the  pub- 
lic, the  owner  or  occupant  of  the  premises  from  which 
.such  nuisance  proceeds,  shall  be  fined  five  dollars  for 
each  day  it  continues. 

§ 4.  I.  The  owners  or  occupiers  of  every  lot  or  build- 
ing adjoining  any  paved  street  or  alley,  shall  keep  the 


Injury  to  Im- 
provements on 
streets,  &c. , 
tine  $5. 


Obstructing 
streets  by  shoe- 
ing horses  or 
with  vehicles, 
fine  S5. 


Injury  to  public 
property. 


Injury  to  gas  or 
water-works , 
&c. 


Nuisance. 


Keep  streets 
clean. 


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('RI^fES  AND  PUNISHMENTS. 


Penalty. 


Pavements  t o 
be  kept  in  re- 
pair and  clean. 


Riot,  rout,  fight, 
or  breach  of  the 
peace. 


Boisterous  con- 
duct. 


Indecent  expos- 
ure or  public 
indecency. 


Standing  stud 
or  jack  without 
license. 


oiie-luilf  of  said  street  or  alley  adjoining  their  property 
well  cleaned  and  free  from  mud,  dirt  or  other  obstruc- 
tion; and  any  person  failing  to  perform  this  duty,  after 
being  retpiired  lo  do  so  by  the  Marshal,  Street  Committee 
or  II  ealth  Olhcer,  shall  be  lined  three  dollars  for  every 
twenty-four  hours  of  such  failure. 

II.  Any  person  who  shall  fail  to  keep  in  good  repair 
and  well  cleaned  any  sidewalk  adjoining  the  property 
owned  or  occupied  by  him,  shall  be  fined  one  dollar 
for  each  offense,  each  twelve  hours  being  deemed  a 
sejiarate  offense. 

§ 5.  An}^  person  wlio  shall  engage  in  any  riot,  rout, 
fight  or  breach  of  the  })eace,  within  the  limits  of  the 
city,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  one  dollar,  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars,  or  im])risoned  not  exceeding  fifteen 
days,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  jury. 

II.  Any  person  who  shall,  by  cries,  songs  or  other 
noise,  disturb  the  peace  and  good  order  of  the  city, 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  one  dollar,  nor  more  than 
ten  dollars,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

III.  Any  person  who  shall, 'within  the  city,  expose 
his  person  indecently,  or  commit,  publicly,  any  inde- 
cent, obscene,  or  lewd  act,  or  expose  to  public  view  any 
obscene  print,  painting,  or  picture,  or  use,  publicly  any 
obscene  language,  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  twenty 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

§ 6.  Any  person  who  shall  stand  within  the  city  any 
stallion  or  jack,  without  first  obtaining  from  the  Coun- 
cil a license  for  that  ])urpose,  designating  the  place 
where  such  stallion  or  jack  shall  stand,  and  the  inclosure 
within  which  the  same  may  be  let  to  mares  or  jennets, 
shall  be  fined  ten  dollars  for  each  day  such  stallion  or 
jack  may  be  so  stood. 

§ 7.  Any  person  who  sliall  discharge  any  gun  or  pis- 
tol within  the  city,  unless  in  the  lawful  defense  of  his. 


Shooting. 


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23 


person,  family,  or  property,  shall  be  fined  ten  dollars 
for  each  offense;  but  this  provision  shall  not  apply  to 
gunsmiths  who  discharge  firearms  on  their  own  premi- 
ses in  the  pursuit  of  their  regular  business. 

§ 8.  Any  person  who  shall,  ivithin  the  city,  carry 
concealed  a deadly  weapon,  other  than  an  ordinary  pocket- 
knife,  shall  he  fined,  for  each,  offense,  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars:  Provided,  That  it 
shall  he  a su  fficient  defense  to  a prosecution  for  a violation 
of  this  provision  to  est eddish — 

I.  That  the  person  charged  had  reasonahle  grounds  to 
helieve  his  person,  or  the  person  of  some  niemher  of  his 
family,  or  his  property,  ivas  in  danger  from  violence  or 
crime. 

II.  That  he  ivas  a Sheriff,  Constable,  Marshal,  Police- 
man, Officer  or  Guard  of  the  Penitentiary , or  carrier  of 
the  United'  States  mail,  and  that  such  iveapon  ivas  a neces- 
sary precaution  to  his  protection  in  the  efficient  discharge 
of  such  public  or  officied  duty;  or, 

III.  That  he  was  required,  hy  his  business  or  occupa- 
tion, to  travel  during  the  night-time.  (Sec.  8 repealed  by 
sec.  9.) 

§ 9.  That  section  8 of  the  published  Ordinances  of 
the  said  city,  and  an  Ordinance  approved  March  24, 
1869,  pertaining  to  carrying  concealed  deadly  weapons, 
be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed,  and  the  following 
be  substituted  in  lieu  thereof : If  any  person  shall  carry 
concealed  a deadly  weapon  upon  or  about  his  person, 
other  than  an  ordinary  pocket-knife,  or  shall  sell  a 
deadly  weapon  to  a minor,  other  than  an  ordinary 
pocket-knife,  such  person  shall,  upon  conviction,  be 
fined  not  less  than  twenty- five  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  in  the  diccretion  of  the  court  or  jury  try- 
ing the  case.  Carrying  concealed  deadly  weapons  shall 
be  lawful  in  the  following  cases:  1st.  When  the  person 


Deadly  weapon. 


Amendment  to 
Ordinance  In  re- 
lation to  carry- 
I n g concealed 
deadly  weap- 
ons. 


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CRIMES  ANU  rUNISHMENTS. 


Cock-fighting. 


Faro-bank  or 
gaming  table. 


Penalty  for  per- 
mitting faro- 
bank,  &c.,  on 
premises. 


Penalty  for  al- 
lowing gaming. 


Penalty  for 
gambling  on 
premises  with- 
out consent  of 
controller. 


has  reasonable  grounds  to  believe  bis  person  or  the 
person  of  some  of  bis  family,  or  bis  property,  is  in  im- 
mediate danger  from  violence  or  crime.  2d.  By  Sheriffs, 
Constables,  Marshals,  Policemen,  and  other  ministerial 
officers,  when  necessary  for  their  protection  in  the  dis- 
charge of  their  official  duties — Approved  Ajwil  8,  1876. 

§ 10.  An}^  person  who  shall  fight  chicken-cocks 
within  the  limits  of  the  city  with  gaffs  or  heels,  shall  be 
fined,  for  each  offense,  not  less  than  ten  dollars,  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  at  the  discretion  of  a 

jury- 

§ 11.  I.  Any  person  who  shall,  within  the  city,  set 
up,  exhibit  or  keep  for  himself  or  any  other  person,  or 
shall  procure  to  be  set  up,  exhibited,  or  kept,  any  faro- 
bank,  gaming  table,  .machine  or  contrivance  used  in 
betting,  or  in  any  game  of  hazard -or  chance,  whereby 
money  or  other  thing  of  value  may  be  bet,  won  or  lost, 
shall  be  fined  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

II.  Any  person  who  shall  permit  any  such  bank, 
table,  machine  or  contrivance,  mentioned  in  the  first 
subdivision  of  tins  section,  to  be  set  up,  kept  or  ex- 
hibited, in  any  house,  boat,  float  or  tenement,  or  on  any 
premises  within  the  city  in  his  occupation  or  under  his 
control,  or  who  shall  rent  or  lease  the  same,  or  any  part 
thereof,  to  be  used  for  such  purpose,  shall  be  fined  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

III.  Any  person  who  shall,  within  the  city,  suffer 
any  game  of  hazard  or  chance,  whereby  money  or  other 
thing  of  value  is  bet,  won  or  lost,  to  be  played  in  any 
house,  tenement,  boat  or  float,  or  on  any  premises  in 
his  occupation  or  under  his  control,  shall  be  fined  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

IV.  Any  person  who  shall  engage  in  any  game  of 
hazard  or  chance  within  the  city,  whereby  money  or 
other  thing  of  value  is  bet,  won  or  lost,  in  an}^  house, 


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25 


tenement,  boat  or  float,  or  on  any  premises,  without  the 
consent  of  the  ‘occupant  or  controller  thereof,  or  who 
shall  engage  in  such  game  on  any  street,  alley,  com- 
mon or  in  any  public  house  or  grounds  within  the  city, 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty  dollars,  nor  more 
than  sixty  dollars,  for  each  offense. 

§ 12.  I.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person — not 
intending  to  take  passage  on  the  cars,  or  having  other 
proper  business  there — to  loiter  or  stand  about  the 
door,  or  on  the  pavement  of  the  railroad  depot,  or  upon 
the  railroad  track,  within  the  city,  at  the  time  of  the 
arrival,  departure  or  passing  of  any  train.  Any  person 
thus  offending  shall  be  forthwith  arrested  by  the  Mar- 
shal or  Policeman,  and,  upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined 
two  dollars  for  each  offense. 

II.  Any  person — not  intending  to  take  passage  on  the 
cars,  or  having  other  proper  business  thereon — who 
shall  get  upon  the  platform,  or  upon  or  within  any 
railroad  car  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a fine  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

§ 13.  Any  person  who  shall,  in  the  day  time,  go  into 
the  Kentucky  river  for  the  purpose  of  swimming  or 
bathing,  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  shall  be  fined 
five  dollars  for  each  offense:  Provided,  That  this  section 
shall  not  apply  to  any  person  or  persons  using  regular 
or  proper  bathing  costumes. 

§ 14.  Any  person  who  shall  ring  a bell  in  the  streets 
to  give  notice  of  an  auction,  or  for  any  other  purpose, 
for  a longer  time  than  ten  minutes  in  one  place,  shall 
be  fined,  for  each  offense,  two  dollars. 

§ 15.  Any  person  who  shall  sell,  loan  or  give  gun- 
powder, in  any  quantity,  to  any  minor  under  the  age  of 
-fifteen  years,  without  the  consent  of  his  parent  or 
guardian,  shall  be  fined  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 


Persons  not  to 
congregate  at 
railroad  depot. 


Persons  with- 
out business 
not  to  get  on 
railroad  cars, 


Bathing. 


Ringing  bell  In 
street. 


Furnish  i n g 
gunpowder  t o 
minors. 


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CHIMES  AND  PUNISHMENTS. 


Minors  m;iy  be 
prosecuted. 


False  alarm  of 
fire. 


Obstructing 
firemen  or  in- 
juring appara- 
tus. 


Corrupting 

water. 


Railroad  cars 
not  run  in  city 
at  speed  greater 
than  five  miles 
an  hour,  or  ob- 
struct crossing, 
fine  $10. 


Drivers  of  vehl- 
cles  leaving 
lines,  leaving 
teams,  endan- 
gering persons, 
or  obstructing 
streets,  fined  $5 
to  $20. 


§ IG.  Minors  shall  be  liable  to  be  prosecuted  for 
breaches  of  Ordinances  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the 
same  effect  as  adults. 

§ 17.  Any  person  who  shall  ring  the  court-house  or 
any  other  bell,  with  the  intent  to  create,  or  shall  in  any 
way,  knowingly,  create  a false  alarm  of  fire,  shall  be 
fined  ten  dollars. 

§ 18.  Any  person  who  shall  hinder,  delay  or  ob- 
struct any  fireman  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  during 
the  time  of  a fire,  or  alarm  of  fire,  or  shall  at  any  time 
deface,  break  or  injure,  tread  upon  or  ride  or  drive  over 
or  upon,  any  hose  or  apparatus  belonging  to  or  used  by 
a fire  company,  shall  be  fined,  for  each  offense,  ten 
dollars. 

§ 19.  Any  person  who  shall  injure,  befoul  or  corrupt 
the  ‘‘Cove  Spring,”  or  any  pipe,  tube,  plug,  stop-cock 
or  hydrant  connected  with  the  water-works,  or  any 
well,  spring  or  cistern,  shall  be  fined,  for  each  offense^ 
fifty  dollars. 

§ 20.  No  locomotive,  railroad  car,  or  train  of  cars^ 
shall  pass  through  the  city,  or  be  run  within  the  limits, 
at  a speed  greater  than  five  miles  an  hour,  nor  shall 
stand  upon  or  obstruct  any  street-crossing  longer  than 
five  minutes  at  one  time;  and  any  violation  of  tliis  pro- 
vision shall  subject  the  person  or  corporation  owning 
or  controlling  such  locomotive,  car  or  train  to  a fine  of 
ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

§ 21.  Any  driver  of  a team  or  animal  attached  to  any 
vehicle  within  the  city,  who  shall  be  found  out  of  reach 
of  the  lines  attached  to  said  team  or  animal,  when  in 
motion,  or  shall  be  more  than  ten  feet  from  the  team 
or  animal  harnessed  and  in  a vehicle  under  his  charge, 
unsecured,  or  shall  so  drive  as  to  endanger  the  life  or 
limb  of  any  person,  or  shall  stand  his  vehicle  on  the 
crossing  of  a street  so  as  to  obstruct  the  free  passage 


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thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor 
more  than  twenty  dollars,  for  eacD  offense. 

§ 22.  That  hereafter  it  shall  he  unlawful  for  any  per- 
son or  persons  to  stand  or  place  any  vehicle  or  the  body 
or  running  gear,  or  any  part  of  any  vehicle,  on  any  of 
the  streets  or  alleys  in  the  city  of  Frankfort,  unless 
upon  the  express  consent  of  the  owners  of  propert}^  on 
both  sides  of  the  street  or  alley,  and  of  the  Council  first 
obtained  thereto:  Provided,  That  this  section  shall  not 
embrace  carriages  or  other  vehicles  which  may  be  in 
the  possession  of  the  owner,  driver  or  other  person  in 
charge  of  the  animal  or  animals  hitched  to  such  car- 
riage or  other  vehicle.  Any  person  or  persons  violat- 
ing the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  five 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

§ 23.  That  any  person  who  shall  willfnlly  interrupt 
or  disturb  a congregation  assembled  for,  or  engaged  in, 
worshipping  God  in  said  city,  or  shall  willfully  inter- 
rupt any  school,  seminary  or  college  in  said  cit}%  while 
the  students  of  the  same  are  engaged  in  their  studies, 
or  undergoing  a public  examination,  or  any  assemblage 
of  people  met  for  or  engaged  in  any  lawful  purpose 
within  said  city,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars. 

§ 24.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
make  a regular  business  of  selling  butchered  meat  and 
market  stuff,  not  the  product  of  his  own  farm,  within 
the  limits  of  the  city -of  Frankfort,  without  first  obtain- 
ing a license  therefor,  the  same  as  now  charged  for 
meat  stores  or  green  groceries  doing  business  in  the 
city.  Any  person  violating  this  section  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  five  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

§ 25.  That  any  person  convicted  of  retailing  spiritu- 
ous, vinous  or  malt  liquors  within  said  city  without  a 
license,  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  sixty  dollars. 


Oi’dinance  as 
veliicles. 


Penalty  for  dis- 
turbing: relig- 
ious congrega- 
tions or  schools. 


Meat  wagons 
subject  to  pay 
license. 


Peiialty. 


Penalty  for  re- 
tailing liquor 
without  license. 


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CRIMES  AND  PUNISIIMENTS. 


Penalty  for  vio- 
lating Mayor’s 
procla  m a t i o 11 
as  to  selling  li- 
quors. 


Vagrants—  how 
punished. 


Street-walkers 
—how  punish- 
ed. 


§ 2().  That  any  person  wlio  sliall  violate  the  provis- 
ions of  section  4 of  (Jrdiinince  No.  22,  by  selling  any 
intoxicating  litpiors  contrary  to  the  proclamation  of  the 
Mayor,  as  provided  therein,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
five  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

^ 27.  If  any  person  shall  profanely  curse  or  swear, 
or  shall  be  drunk  upon  the  streets,  he  shall  he  fined 
one  dollar  for  each  offense,  and  every  oath  shall  be 
deemed  a separate  offense. 

§ 28.  That  any  able-bodied  person  who  is  found  loit- 
ering or  wandering  in  the  city  limits,  living  an  idle  or 
desolute  life,  without  any  visible  means  of  support,  or 
any  person  so  found  in  said  city  who  comes  under  the 
class  of  persons  commonly  called  and  known  as  va- 
grants, tram})s,  or  beggars,  and  who  are  able-bodied, 
shall  be  arrested  by  the  city  officers,  and  shall,  on  con- 
viction, be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars. 

§ 29.  That  any  ‘fstreet-walker”  or  able-bodied  woman, 
who  is  caught  loitering  within  the  city  limits,  and  is  un- 
able to  show  any  proper  means  of  support,  or  that  said 
person  is  engaged  in  the  discharge  of  some  legimate 
business,  shall  be  arrested  by  the  city  officers,  and, 
upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five,  and 
not  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

§ 30.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  sell, 
give  or  have  in  his  possession,  within  the  cit}y  or  to 
throw  or  deposit  upon  the  street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  in 
any  house,  or  on  aii}^  premises  witfiin  the  city,  any 
torpedo  or  other  self-exj)losive  thing,  composed,  in 
whole  or  part,  of  powder  or  other  explosive  substance. 
Any  person  convicted  of  a violation  of  this  Ordinance 
shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  two  dollars,  nor 
more  than  twenty  dollars,  at  the  discretion  of  the  jury. 


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29 


§ 31.  Any  person  who  shall  put  any  stick,  stone  or 
other  thing  in  any  public  pump  or  well,  or  get  on,  stand 
upon  or  injure,  or  deface  or  post  any  card  or  bill  upon 
any  public  pump  or  pump  handle,  or  draw  or  j)ump 
any  water  from  any  public  well  for  any  purpose  except 
for  drinking  and  culinary  purposes,  shall  be  fined  five 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

§ 32.  Any  person  who  shall  break  any  glass  in  or 
injure  or  deface  in  any  way  any  street  lamp,  or  turn 
out  or  light  the  gas  in  any  street  lamp,  except  the  city 
lamp  lighter,  or  his  authorized  assistant,  shall  be  fined 
five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

§ 33.  The  following  penalties  shall  be  enforced  by 
warrant  before  Police  Judge  for  a violation  ot  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Ordinance: 

I.  Any  person  who  shall  sell  in  market  anything  for 
a greater  amount  than  the  true  weight  or  measure 
thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor 
more  than  ten  dollars,  for  each  offense. 

II.  Regrating  is  buying  any  article  of  marketing 
with  a view  to  its  being  resold  in  market,  or  selling  any 
such  article  bought  in  market,  or  on  its  way  to  market, 
in  the  same  market  on  the  same  day.  Engrossing  is 
buying  or  otherwise  getting  control  of  quantities  of 
marketing  with  a view  to  enhance  the  value  thereof  in 
the  market.  Any  person  who  shall  regrate  or  engross 
any  article  of  marketing  within  the  city,  or  be  con- 
cerned therein  as  buyer  or  seller,  or  interested  in  such 
purchase  or  sale,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceed- 
ing twenty  dollars. 

III.  Any  person  who  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale,  within 
the  city  limits,  any  tainted,  spoiled  or  putrid  fish  or 
meats,  or  any  sour  or  musty  meal  or  flour,  or  any  stale 
or  unwholesome  article,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
twenty  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  for 


Punishment  for 
injuring,  &c., 
public  pumps 
or  wells. 


Punishment  for 
injuring,  break- 
ing or  defacing 
street  lamps, 
&c. 


Penalties. 


False  weights, 
&c. 


Regratlng  and 
engrossing. 


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CRIMES  AND  PUNISHMENTS. 


each  offense,  and  upon  a second  conviction,  shall  he  de- 
barred from  the  privilege  of  marketing  within  the  city, 
and  have  any  license  he  may  have  from  the  city  for- 
feited or  revoked  hy  the  Council  at  any  regular  or 
called  meeting  thereof. 

§ 34.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  official  or 
oflicia/’^or  em-  employe  of  the  citv  of  Frankfort  to  make  any  contract 

ploye  to  con-  " , . . , ^ . 

purciias?^'su?/  purchase  ary  supplies,  in  the  name  of  the  city,  im- 
plies, &c.  jggg  necessity  of  said  contract  being  made,  and  the 
purchase  of  said  supplies  be  reported  to  the  committee 
by  the  heads  of  departments,  in  writing,  to  whom  the 
claim  may  be  referred,  and  if  said  committee  approve 
said  contract  or  purcfiase,  the  chairman  of  said  com- 
mittee shall  issue  an  order  authorizing  said  contract  to 
be  made  or  said  supplies  to  be  purchased,  and  the 
orders  so  given  must  be  filed  with  the  claims  for  con- 
tract or  purchase,  as  a part  of  said  claims,  and  as  evi- 
dence of  the  justice  of  said  claim. 

No  claim  will  hereafter  be  allowed  by  the  Council 
unless  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  section  are 
strictly  carried  out. 

§ 35.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
Punishment  SOUS  to  shoot  or  explode  dymanite,  giant  powder,  guns, 
SWsives,  &c.  pistols,  toy  caunoii,  sky  rockets,  Roman  candles,  torpe- 
does or  other  explosives  of  any  kind  whatsoever,  within 
the  limits  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  any  one  so 
offending  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars.  ; 

§ 36.  That  if  any  person  unlawfully  shoot  at  an- 
Punishment  other  with  intent  to  kill  or  wound  such  person,  without 

for  shooting  at 

another.  inflicting  a wound,  he  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  five 
hundred  dollars. 

Constructing  8 37.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  con- 

p r i V i e s o r ^ ^ 

Siout^  noticl  struct,  erect  or  dig  or  sink  a privy  or  privy  vault,  pit 
adYoiihnl^own-  or  sink,  witliiii  twelve  feet  of  any  adjoining  lot,  within 


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31 


the  limits  of  the  city,  witliout  consent,  in  writing,  of 
the  owner  of  such  adjoining  lot. 

Any  person  violating  this  Ordinance  shall  be  fined 
five  dollars  for  each  day  he  permits  such  privy  or  privy 
vault,  pit  or  sink  to  remain  within  twelve  feet  of  such 
adjoining  lot,  after  he  has  been  notified,  in  writing,  by 
the  owner  of  such  adjoining  lot  to  remove  or  fill  up  the 
same. 

§ 38.  That  any  person  who  shall  take  water  from  a 
public  cistern,  in  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Frankfort, 
shall  be  fined  five  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  each 
taking  shall  be  deemed  a separate  offense. 

§ 39.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  merchant  or 
any  other  person  to  keep  in  their  places  of  business  or 
any  other  place  (except  in  the  State  magazine)  in  the 
limits  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  more  than  one  keg  of 
gunpowder,  and  one  keg  of  blasting  powder,  at  any 
one  time. 

Whoever  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  Ordi- 
nance, shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty 
dollars. 

§ 40.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owners  of 
cows  or  horses  to  permit  the  same  to  run  at  large  in  the 
city  of  Frankfort.  Any  person  violating  this  Ordi- 
nance shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars,  nor  more  than  ten  dollars,  for  each  cow  or 
horse  so  permitted  to  run  at  large. 

§ 41.  That  hereafter  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per- 
son or  persons  to  play  baseball  on  Sunday  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  any  per- 
son or  persons  found  playing  baseball  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  on  Sunday, 
shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more 
than  ten  dollars,  recoverable  by  warrant  before  the 
Police  Judge  of  the  city  of  Frankfort. 


Punishment 
for  taking 
water  from 
public  cistern. 


Unlawful  for 
merchants  to 
keep  more  than 
one  keg  of  gun- 
powder and  one 
of  blasting 
powder. 


H o r s » s and 
cows  prohib- 
ited from  run- 
ning at  large. 


Playing  base  - 
ball  on  Sunday. 


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Street  beggars. 


Punishment 
for  selling  ci- 
garettes. 


§ 42.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons, commonly  known  and  recognized  as  street  beg- 
gars, to  engage  in  begging  money  or  other  charity  upon 
the  streets  or  in  private  residences  or  at  public  houses, 
and  any  person  so  offending,  shall  be  arrested  by  the 
Police  or  other  peace  officers  of  the  city,  and  brought 
before  the  Police  Judge  of  the  city  or  one  of  the  Jus- 
tices of  the  Peace,  residing  in  the  city,  and  upon  con- 
viction, such  person,  if  above  the  age  of  fifteen  years,, 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than 
twenty-five  dollars,  for  each  offense. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  parent,  kinsman  or  guar- 
dian of  any  children  under  the  age  of  fifteen  years,  to 
send  or  permit  such  child  to  beg  upon  the  streets  or  at 
private  residences,  or  at  public  houses,  and  upon  the 
sworn  statement  of  any  such  child  that  its  parent,  kins- 
man or  guardian  has  sent  or  permitted  such  child  to  so 
engage  in  begging,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Police 
Judge,  or  any  Magistrate  residing  in  the  city,  to  issue 
his  warrant  of  arrest  against  such  parent,  kinsman  or 
guardian,  so  charged  with  offending,  and,  upon  convic- 
tion of  said  parent,  kinsman  or  guardian,  the  punish- 
ment prescribed  in  section  one  shall  be  inflicted. 
All  Ordinances  in  conflict  herewith  are  repealed. 

§ 43.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons doing  business  in  the  city  of  Frankfort,  to  sell  or 
offer  for  sale  cigarettes  or  any  other  similar  preparation 
of  tobacco  except  cigars. 

I.  Any  person  or  persons  having  a license  from  the 
city  of  Frankfort  to  carry  on  any  business  violating 
the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  section,  shall  subject 
himself  or  themselves  to  a suspension  or  forfeiture  of 
such  license,  as  the  Council  may  in  its  judgment  de- 
termine. 

II.  Any  person  or  persons  not  having  a license  to  do 


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Ao.  el4. 

RELATING  TO  FRANKFORT  WATER  COMPANY. 

All  Ordinance  providing  for  sup[)lying  the  city  of 
Frankfort  and  its  inhabitants  with  water  for  public  and 
private  purposes,  granting  the  FrankfortWater  Company 
of  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  tlie  franchise  and  license  of  con- 
structing and  operatin-g  water-works  ; selling  to  the  said 
company  the  water  mains  and  its  appurtenances  owned 
by  the  Board  of  Council  men  of  the  city  of  Frankfort; 
contracting  with  the  said  company  for  fire  hydrants, 
and  giving  the  said  city  an  option  to  purchase  the  said 
works. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Conncilmen  of  the  city 
of  Frankfort,  in  meeting  assembled: 

§ 1.  It  being  expedient  and  necessary  to  provide  a 
supply  of  water  to  the  city  of  Frankfort  and  its  inhab- 
itants for  public  and  private  purposes,  and  it  being  in- 
expedient for  the  said  city  to  procure  and  furnish  the 
said  supply,  the  franchise  and  license  is  hereby  granted 
to  the  Frankfort  Water  Company,  of  Frankfort,  Ken- 
tucky, a corporation  organized  and  existing  under  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Kentuck}^  and  its  successors  and 
assigns,  in  perpetuity,  but  subject  to  the  forfeiture  here- 
inafter provided,  to  construct  and  operate  in  and  near  the 
said  city  water-works  for  supplying  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort and  the  inhabitants  of  the  said  city  and  of  its  vicinity 
with  water  for  public  and  private  purposes,  and  use 
within  the  present  and  future  limits  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  the  streets  and  other  public  ways  and  places 
and  the  Kentucky  river,  for  the  purpose  of  placing, 
taking  up  and  repairing  mains,  pipes,  hydrants  and 
other  apparatus  for  the  supply  of  water. 

§ 2.  The  Board  of  Conncilmen  of  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort, deeming  this  course  for  the  best  interests  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  and,  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  twenty 
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tliousaiid  dollars  cash  in  hand,  to  1)6  j)aid  to  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  within  ten  days 
from  the  acceptance  of  this  Ordinance,  hy  tlie  Frank- 
fort Water  Company,  tlie  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the 
city  of  Frankfort  grants,  bargains  and  sells  to  the  said 
company  the  water  mains  now  owned  by  the  Board  of 
■Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfon,  in  Franklin 
county  and  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  the  valves  and 
hydrants  appurtenant  thereto,  and  all  the  privileges, 
franchises  and  immunities  therewith  connected  or  ex- 
ercised by  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort;  and  the  Mayor  is  hereby  authorized  and  in- 
structed to  receive  the  said  purchase  money,  and  there- 
upon to  execute  and  acknowledge  and  deliver  to  the 
Frankfort  Water  Company,  for  and  in  behalf  of  the 
Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  a deed  of 
conveyance  for  the  said  water  mains  and  their  said  appur- 
tenances, and  all  the  privileges,  franchises  and  immu- 
nities therewith  connected  or  exercised  by  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort;  and  the  Clerk  of 
the  said  Board  is  hereby  authorized  and  instructed  to 
affix  the  seal  of  the  city  to  the  said  deed,  and  to.  attest, 
acknowledge  and  deliver  it  for  and  in  behalf  of  the 
Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  to  the 
Frankfort  Water  Company,  and  the  Board  of  Council- 
men  shall,  upon  the  delivery  of  said  deed,  account  to 
the  Frankfort  Water  Company  for,  and  pay  over  to  it, 
the  unearned  water  rents  collected  up  to  the  date  of  the 
delivery  of  the  said  deed;  and  the  Frankfort  Water 
Company  shall  account  to  the  said  Board  for  any  water 
rates  accrued  to  the  said  Board  up  to  the  date  of  the 
said  delivery  of  the  said  deed,  which  the  said  company 
may  thereafter  collect,  and ’the  said  company  shall  have 
the  use  of  all  the  other  plant  of  the  water-works,  owned 
])y  said  Board,  free  of  charge,  and  shall  keep  open  the 


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the  present  water  swpply  by  the  said  water-works  so  sold 
to  it,  until  such  time  when  it  shall  dig  up  the  twelve- 
inch  main  now  in  use,  for  the  })urpose  of  using  it  for 
constructing  its  new  water-works.  But  the  said  Board 
of  Council  men  shall  not  be  chargeable  for  water  used 
for  fire  purposes  until  the  completion  of  the  said  new 
works. 

§ 3.  The  said  compan\  shall  erect  upon  one  of  the 
hills  south  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  two  reservoirs,  of 
an  aggregate  capacity  of  at  least  five  millions  of  gal- 
lons of  water,  the  flow  line  of  which  shall  be  at  least 
two  hundred  and  fifty  feet  above  the  intersection  of 
Broadway  and  St.  Clair  streets,  in  the  city  of  Frankfort, 
and  the  city  of  Frankfort  shall  be  supplied  from  the 
said  reservoirs. 

§ 4.  At  such  a point  on  the  Kentucky  river  above  the 
present  city ‘sewerage,  which  the  said  company  may 
elect,  it  shall  erect  a substantial  stone  or  brick  pump- 
ing station,  of  ample  size  to  accommodate  its  pump- 
ing machinery,  which  shall  be  of  the  capacity  of 
delivering  into  the  said  reservoirs  two  millions  of  gal- 
lons of  water  in  twenty-four  hours.  The  supply  of 
water  shall  be  taken  from  the  bottom  of  the  channel  of 
the  Kentucky  river,  at  the  point  selected  as  hereinbe- 
fore described  by  the  said  company. 

§ 5.  All  the  water  mains  used  by  the  said  company 
shall  be  of  the  best  quality  of  cast-iron,  coated  inside  and 
outside  with  Dr.  Angus  Smitli’s  patent  coal  tar  varnish, 
and  shall  be  tested  at  their  place  of  manufacture  to 
withstand  a hydrostatic  pressure  of  three  hundred 
pounds  to  the  square  inch.  There  shall  be  laid  in  the 
following  described  places,  water  mains  of  the  following 
described  sizes: 

1.  From  the  pumping  station  to  the  reservoirs,  twelve 
inches  in  diameter. 


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5.  In  Holmes  street,  from  High  street  to  the  third 
street  east  of  it,  six  inches  in  diameter. 

G.  In  Clinton  street,  from  Wilkinson  street  to  the  lot 
of  the  colored  graded  school,  six  inches  in  diameter. 

7.  In  Broadwa}’’,  from  its  foot  to  Main  street,  twelve 
inches  in  diameter. 

8.  In  the  Georgetown  and  Versailles  pike,  from  Main 
street,  to  the  eastern  corporation  line,  six  inches  in  di- 
ameter. 

9.  In  Main  street,  from  Wilkinson  street  to  Broad- 
way, twelve  inches  in  diameter. 

10.  In  Wapping  street,  from  Wilkinson  street  to  St. 
Clair  street,  six  inches  in  diameter. 

11.  In  AVilkinson  street,  from  Hill  street  to  its  foot^ 
six  inches  in  diameter. 

12.  In  AVashington  street,  from  Hill  to  AA^apping 
street,  six  inches  in  diameter. 

13.  In  Aladison  street,  from  Clinton  street  to  Broad- 
way, six  inches  in  diameter. 

14.  In  St.  Clair  street,  from  Hill  to  Clinton  street,  six 
inches  in  diameter. 

15.  In  St.  Clair  street,  from  Broadway  to  its  foot,  eight 
inches  in  diameter. 

16.  In  Lewis  street,  from  Clinton  to  Broadwa}^,  six 
inches  in  diameter. 

17.  In  Ann  street,  from  Broadway  to  Hill  street^, 
eight  inches  in  diameter. 

18.  In  Ann  street,  from  Broadway  to  its  foot,  fourteen 
inches  in  diameter. 

19.  In  High  street,  from  Holmes  to  Alain  street,  six 
inches  in  diameter. 

20.  In  the  Kentucky  river,  from  the  foot  of  Ann  to 
the  foot  of  Steele  street,  fourteen  inches  in  diameter. 

21.  In  Second  street,  from  Fowler  street  to  Judge 
Drane’s  big  gate,  at  the  west  end  of  Second  street,  eight 
inches  in  diameter. 


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22.  In  Third  street,  from  Conway  to  Murray  street, 
six  inches  in  diameter. 

23.  In  Cross  street,- from  PTvving  street  to  its  foot,  six 
inches  in  diameter. 

24.  In  Todd  street,  from  Steele  to  Logan  street,  six 
inches  in  diameter. 

25.  In  Conway  street,  from  Second  to  Campbell 
street,  six  inches  in  diameter. 

26.  In  Steelo  street,  from  its  foot  to  Todd  street, 
fourteen  inches  in  diameter. 

27.  In  Shelby  street,  from  Second  to  Todd 'street,  six 
indies  in  diameter. 

28.  In  Logan  street,  from  Second  to  Todd  street,  six 
inches  in.  diameter. 

29.  In  Murray  street,  from  Second  to  Todd  street,  six 
inches  in  diameter. 

And  the  said  company  agrees  to  extend  its  mains, 
upon  the  order  of  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  - 
of  Frankfort,  whenever  the  said  Board  shall  agree  to 
rent  one  additional  fire  hydrant  for  every  four  hundred 
feet  so  extended,  or  shall  furnish  one  responsible  con- 
sumer, by  written  contract  for  not  less  than  three  years, 
for  every  seventy-five  feet  of  mains,  at  the  rate  of 
charges  provided  in  this  Ordinance. 

§ 6.  The  said  company  shall  furnish  and  set,  at  the 
places  hereinafter  mentioned,  and  connect  with  the 
said  mains  by  brancli  pipes  of  the  diameter  pf  six 
inches  each,  one  hundred  fire  hydrants  of  modern  and 
appropriate  pattern  and  good  efficiency,  each  having 
two  nozzles  of  the  diameter  of  two  and  one-half  inches 
■each,  their  thread  fitting  the  hose  couplings  now  used 
by  the  fire  department  of  the  city  of  Frankfort. 

' The  said  hydrants  shall  be  located  at  the  following 
named  places  : 

1.  Corner  of  Hill  and  AVilkinson  streets. 


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2.  Corner  of  Hill  and  Washington  streets. 

3.  Corner  of  Hill  and  St.  Clair  streets. 

4.  Corner  of  Hill  and  Ann  streets. 

5.  Corner  of  Mero  and  IVllkinson  streets. 

().  Corner  of  IMero  and  AVashington  streets. 

7.  Corner  of  Mero  and  St.  Clair  streets. 

8.  Corner  of  Mero  and  Ann  streets. 

9.  Corner  of  Mero  and  High  streets. 

10.  Holmes,  half  way  between  High  and  the  first 

street  east  of  it. 

11.  Holmes,  and  the  first'street  east  of  High  street, 

12.  Holmes,  and  the  second  street  east  of  High 

street. 

13.  Holmes,  and  the  third  street  east  of  High  street, 

14.  Corner  of  Clinton  and  Wilkinson  streets. 

15.  Corner  of  Clinton  and  AVashington  streets. 

16.  Corner  of  Clinton  and  Aladison  streets. 

17.  Corner  of  Clinton  and  St.  Clair  streets. 

18.  Corner  of  Clinton  and  Lewis  streets. 

19.  Corner  of  Clinton  and  Ann  streets. 

20.  Corner  of  Clinton  and  High  streets. 

21.  Clinton,  in  the  center  of  the  penitentiary  front, 

22.  Clinton,  in  the  east  line  of  the  penitentiary 

front. 

23.  Clinton,  three  hundred  feet  east  of  the  said  east 

line. 

24.  Clinton,  at  the  west  line  of  the  colored  graded 

school. 

25.  Foot  of  Broadway. 

26.  Broadway,  corner  of  alley  between  river  and 

AVilkinson  streets. 

27.  Broadway,  corner  of  AVilkinson  street. 

28.  Broadway,  corner  of  alley  between  AVilkinson 

and  AVashiiigton  streets. 

29.  Broadway,  corner  of  AVashington  street. 


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30.  Broadway,  corner  of  Madison  street. 

31.  Broadway,  corner  of  St.  Clair  street. 

32.  Broadway,  corner  of  Lewis  street. 

33.  Bi'oadway,  corner  of  Ann  street. 

34.  Broadway,  corner  of  alley  between  Ann  and 

and  High  streets. 

35.  Broadway,  corner  of  High  street. 

36.  Broadway,  corner  of  Main  street. 

37.  Georgetown  and  Versailles  pike,  400  feet  east  of 

Main  street. 

38.  Georgetown  and  Versailles  pike,  800  feet  east  of 

^lain  street. 

39.  Georgetown  and  Versailles  pike,  1,200  feet  east 

of  Main  street. 

40.  Georgetown  and  Versailles  pike,  1,600  feet  east 

of  Main  street. 

41.  Georgetown  and  Versailles  pike,  at  eastern  cor- 

poration line. 

42.  Main,  corner  of  Wilkinson  street. 

43.  Main,  corner  of  alle}^  between  Wilkinson  and 

Washington  streets. 

44.  Main,  corner  of  Washington  street. 

45.  Main,  corner  of  alley  between  Washington  and 

St.  Clair  streets. 

46.  Main,  corner  of  St.  Clair  street. 

47.  Main,  corner  of  Lewis  street. 

48.  Main,  corner  of  Ann  street. 

49.  Main,  corner  of  alley  between  Ann  and  High 

strec^ts. 

50.  Main,  corner  of  High  street. 

51.  Wapping,  corner  of  AVilkinson  street. 

52.  Wapping,  corner  of  alley  between  Wilkinson 

and  Washington  streets. 

53.  AVapping,  corner  of  AVashington  street. 

54.  AVapping,  corner  of  alley  between  AA^ashington 

and  St.  Clair  streets. 


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55.  Wapping,  corner  of  St.  Clair  street. 

5().  Wilkinson,  half-way  between  Clinton  and  Broad- 
way streets. 

57.  Foot  of  Wilkinson  street. 

58.  Madison,  half-way  between  Clinton  and  Broad’ 

way  streets. 

5b.  St.  Clair,  cornier  of  Blanton  street. 

60.  St.  Clair,  half-wa}^  between  Broadway  and  Main 

streets. 

61.  St.  Clair,  half-way  between  Main  and  Wapping 

streets, 

62.  Foot  of  St.  Clair  street. 

63.  Ann,  corner  of  Blanton  street. 

64.  Foot  of  Ann  street. 

65.  High,  half-way  between  Merc  and  Clinton 

streets. 

66.  Second,  corner  of  Ewing  street. 

67.  Second,  corner  of  alley  between  Ewing  and 

Bridge  streets. 

68.  Second,  corner  of  Bridge  street. 

69.  Second,  corner  of  Steele  street. 

70.  Second,  corner  of  Shelby  street. 

71.  Second,  corner  of  Main  street. 

72.  Second,  corner  of  Logan  street. 

73.  Second,  corner  of  Murray  street. 

74.  Second,  corner  of  Fowler  street. 

75.  Second  street,  at  west  end,  at  Judge  Drane’s  big 

gate. 

76.  Todd,  corner  of  Murray  street. 

77.  Third,  corner  of  Conway  street. 

78.  Third,  corner  of  Steele  street. 

79.  Third,  corner  of  Shelby  street, 

80.  Tnird,  corner  of  Main  street. 

81.  Third,  corner  of  Logan  street. 

82.  Third,  corner  of  Murray  street. 


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83.  Murray,  corner  of  Campbell  street. 

84.  Cross,  corner  of  Ewing  street. 

85.  Cross,  corner  of  Conway  street. 

8G.  Cross,  corner  of  Steele  street. 

87.  Cross,  corner  of  Shelby  street. 

88.  Cross,  corner  of  Main  street. 

89.  Cross,  corner  of  Logan  street. 

90.  Cross,  corner  of  Murray  street. 

91.  Cross,  corner  of  Fowler  street. 

92.  Foot  of  Cross  street. 

93.  Todd,  corner  of  Steele  street. 

94.  Todd,  corner  of  Shelby  street. 

95.  Todd,  corner  of  Main  street. 

96.  Todd,  corner  of  Logan  street. 

97.  Foot  of  Steele  street. 

98.  Steele,  corner' of  Campbell  street. 

99.  Shelby,  corner  of  Campbell  street. 

100.  Logan,  corner  of  Campbell  street. 

The  said  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  have  the  righb 
upon  the  mains  hereinbefore  located,  to  put  in  and 
maintain,  at  its  own  cost  and  expense,  any  intermediate 
fire  hydrants,  free  of  charge  for  water. 

§ 7.  There  shall  be  no  unreasonable  obstruction  of 
the  public  ways  of  the  said  city  by^the  said  company? 
in  constructing  the  said  works, 'or  in  placing,  taking  up 
or  repairing  any  main,  liN^lraiit  or  other  structure  or 
device  for  the  service  of  water;  and  the  said  company, 
after  using  the  said  public  ways,  shall  restore  them, 
within  a reasonable  time,  to  as  good  condition  as  before, 
arid  shall  hold  the  said  city  harmless  from  any  and  all 
damages  arising  from  negligence  or  mismanagement  of 
the  said  company,  or  of  its  employes,  in  constructing, 
extending  or  operating  the  ‘-'aid  works.  In  all  street  ex- 
cavations the  said  company  shall  kee])  red  danger  lights 
burning  at  night  along  the  line  of  the  said  excavations, 


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at  leiist  one  light  every  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet,  and 
shall  erect  barricades  at  the  ends  of  the  excavations,  and 
at  all  street  crossings  on  the  line  of  the  said  excava- 
tions. 

§ 8.  The  said  company  shall  begin  its  construction 
within  ninety  days  from  the  acceptance  of  this  Ordi- 
nance, and  shall  have  the  said  works  in  successful  op- 
eration on  or  before  the  first  of  July  in  the  year  1885. 

§ 9.  The  said  company  shall  test  the  power  and  ca- 
pacity of  said  works,  on  their  completion,  under  the 
supervision  of  the  said  city,  when  they  shall  throw,  from 
separate  hydrants  , in  the  business  part  of  the  said  city, 
six  simultaneous  fire  streams  through  a section  of  hose 
and  a one-inch  nozzle  ; and  when  they  shall  throw  at 
another  time,  from  separate  hydrants  in  the  residence 
part  of  the  said  city,  four  simultaneous  fire  streams 
through  a section  of  hose  and  a one-inch  nozzle. 

§ 10.  At  the . expiration  of  ten  years  from  the  com- 
pletion of  said  works,  the  said  city  shall  have  the  right 
to  purchase  the  said  works  at  a fair  valuation,  to  be 
agreed  upon  between  the  said  city  and  the  said  com- 
pany. 

And,  in  the  event  that  they  fail  to  agree,  the  said  city 
shall  have  the  right  to  have  three  disinterested  ap- 
praisers appointed;  one  to  be  appointed  by  the  said 
city,  one  by  the  said  company,  and  the  third  by  the 
two  so  appointed.  Before  the  said  three  persons  de- 
termine the  said  value  the  said  city  and  the  said  com- 
pany shall  each  have  the  right  to  produce  expert 
evidence,  under  oath,  before  the  said  three  persons  as  to 
such  value,  whereupon  the  said  three  persons  shall  pro- 
ceed to  determine  the  said  value,  and  in  so  doing  they 
shall  take  into  consideration  the  productive  value  of 
the  said  works,  and  the  said  city  shall  have  then  the 
option  of  purchasing  or  of  refusing  to  purchase  at  the 


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said  price  so  determined;  and  if  it  sliall  elect  to  pur- 
chase, it  shall  pay  the  said  sum  witiiin  three  months 
from  the  day  of  the  said  award,  but  if  it  shall  fail  or 
refuse  so  to  ‘purchase,  it  shall  pay  the  necessary  ex- 
penses incurred  by  the  said  company  about  the  said 
award. 

But  if  the  said  city-shall  determine  to  avail  itself  of 
this  right  it  shall  give  the  said  company  written  notice 
of  its  intention  to  call  for  such  appraisement,  at  least 
one  year  before  the  expiration  of  the  said  ten  years. 

g 11.  In  consideration  of  the  benefits  which  will  be 
derived  by  the  said  city  and  its  inhabitants  from  the 
construction  and  operation  of  the  said  water-works,  and 
in  farther  consideration  of  the  water  supply  hereby 
secured  for  public  uses,  and  as  the  inducement  for  the 
said  company  to  enter  upon  the  construction  of  the 
said  water-works,  the  franchise  and  license  hereby 
granted  to  and  invested  in  the  said  company,  its  suc- 
cessors and  assigns  shall  remain  in  force  and  effect  in 
}*erpetuity  subject  to  the  forfeiture  hereinafter  provided, 
and  for  the  same  consideration,  ami  as  the  same  induce- 
ment the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort hereby  rent  of  the  Frankfort  Water  Company,  of 
Frankfort,'  Kentucky,  for  the  uses  hereinafter  men- 
tioned, the  above  described  one  hundred  hydrants  for  and 
during  the  term  of  twenty-five  years  from  the  completion 
of  the  said  works.  And  ihe  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the 
city  of  Frankfort  agrees  to  use  the  said  hydrants  careful'y 
and  to  pay  the  said  company  for  any  injury  which  may 
happen  to  any  of  tliem,  when  used  by  any  officer  or  ser- 
vant of  the  said  city  or  any  member  of  its  Fire  Depart- 
ment, and  it  agrees  to  pay  rent  for  the  said  one  hundred 
hydrants  at  the  rate  of  sixty-two  and  fifty  one  hunredths 
dollars  ($62.50)  each  per  annum,  in  all  the  sum  of  six 
thousand' two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  annum,  for 


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the  said  term  of  twent3'-five  years;  which  rent  shall  be 
})aid  in  semi-annual  installments,  of  thirty-one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  dollars  each,  on  the  fii-st  days  of  Jan- 
uary and  July  of  each  year  of  the  said  tertn. 

And  it  being  understood  that  the  Frankfort  Water 
Comi)any  will  make  and  issue,  on  the  first  day  of  July, 
in  the  year  1885,  its  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  fii’st 
mortgage  coupon  bonds,  of  the  denomination  of  one 
thousand  dollars  each,  numbered  consecutively,  one  to 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five,  both  numbers  inclusive, 
in  all  amounting  to  one  hundred  an  . twenty-five 
thousand  dollars,  dated  the  first  day  of  July,  in  the 
year  1885,  and  payable  twenty-five  years  thereafter,  to 
Grant  Green,  trustee  or  bearer,  bearing  five  per  centum 
interest  per  annum'from  their  date,  payable  semi-annu- 
ally, for  which  interest  there  will  be  attached  to  each 
of  the  said  bonds  fifty  coupens,  each  for  twenty-five 
dollars,  payable  at  the  Bank  of  America,  in  the  city  of 
New  Fork,  and  the  said  coupons  consecutively  and 
correspondingly  numbered  and  matured;  the  first  pay- 
able January  1st,  1886,  and  the  others  in  regular 
intervals  of  six  months  thereafter,  and  the  last  July 
1st,  1910;  the  total  semi-annual  interest  being  thirty- 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars.  The  Board  of 
Council  men  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  assumes  to 
pay  all  of  the  said  coupons  of  all  of  the  said  bonds 
to  the  holder  and  holders  of  the  said  coupx)ns, 
according  to  their  tenor,'  and  when  and  as  the 
said  coupons  respectively  mature,  in  liquidation  of  the 
said  rent  of  the  said  one  hundred  livdrants,  and  herebv 
authorize  and  instructs  its  City  Clerk  to  sign  a certifi- 
cate on  the  back  ot  s;ud  bonds  to  that  effect,  and  to 
affix  the  seal  of  tlie  said  city  to  such  certificate.  And 
at  the  expiration  of  the  said  twenty-five  years,  unless4he 
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have  purchased  the  said  works,  it  sliall  renew  the  said 
contract  for  the  rent  of  the  said  hydrants  for  another 
term  of  twenty-live  years,  and  a sufficient  tax  shall  be 
levied  and  collected  annually,  on  the  taxable  pro}>erty  in 
the  city  of  Frankfort,  to  meet  tlie  payments  under  this 
Ordinance  when  and  as  they  will  respectively  mature, 
and  the  rentals  of  any  additional  fire  hydrants  on  ex- 
tensions during  the  existence  of  this  franchise  and 
license  shall  be  at  the  annual  rate  of  fifty  dollars  ($50) 
each. 

§ 12.  The  fire  hydrants  so  rented  of  the  said  company 
shall  be  used  for  the  extinguishment  of  fires  only,  and 
for  flushing  gutters  *and  sewers.  All  flushing  shall  be 
done  through  a hose  and  tire  nozzle,  and  for  such  pur- 
pose no  one  hydrant  shall  be  used  exceeding  thirty 
minutes  per  week,  nor  shall  more  than  one  hydrant 
opening  be  used  for  such  purpose  at  any  one  time,  nor 
shall  any  flushing  be  done  during  a fire,  nor  wdthout 
notice  to  the  said  company. 

§ 13.  The  said  company  shall  constantly,  day  and 
night,  except  in  case  of  any  unavoidable  accident, 
keep  all  fire  hydrants  rented  of  it  by  the  said  Board  of 
Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  supplied  with 
water  for  instant  fire  service,  at  sufficient  pressure  to 
do  away,  within  the  reach  of  said  hydrants,  with  the  aid 
of  steam  fire  engines.  The  Chief  of  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment, or,  in  his  absence,  the  officer  in  charge  thereof, 
shall  have  charge  and  control  of  the  said  fire  hydrants, 
and  may  at  anytime  cause  such  hydrants  to  be  inspected; 
and  if,  on  such  inspection,  any  of  the  said  hydrants 
are  found  out  of  working  order,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to 
notify  said  company,  in  writing,  forthwith,  specifying 
the  hydrant  or  hydrants  out  of  working  order,  whereupon 
the  said  company  shall  place  such  hydrant  or  hydrants 
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tho  said  officer  sliall  report  to  the  said  Board  of  Coun- 
cilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  the  date  of  .such  exam- 
ination and  the  result  thereof,  and  his  subsequent 
action  in  the  premises,  if  any;  and  in  case  any  of  such 
hydrants  shall  remain  out  of  repair  for  one  week  or 
more,  after  the  said  company  shall  have  been  so  notified 
in  writing,  the  said  company  shall  pay  the  sum  of  ten 
dollars  per  week  for  each  and  every  hydrant,  for  the 
period  said  hydrant  is  not  in  working  order,  after  the 
said  notice;  provided  that  the  total  amount  so  to  be 
paid  shall  not  exceed  double  the  yearly  rental  of  such 
hydrant  or  hydrants;  and  in  case  the  said  water-works 
shall,  after  their  completion  and*  successful  operation, 
suffer  a suspension  of  the  supply  of  water,  for  both 
domestic  and  fire  purposes,  exceeding  thirty  days,  then 
and  in  that  case  the  said  company  shall  forfeit  all  fran- 
chises hereby  granted,  unless  such  suspension  shallhave 
been  caused  by  circumstances  beyond  the  control  of  the 
said  company. 

§ 14.  The  said  compan}^  shall  not  charge  to  com- 
sumers,  during  the  continuajice  of  the  franchise  granted 
by  this  Ordinance,  exceeding  the  rates  prescribed  in 
the  “Revised  Tariff  of  Water  Rents  of  the  Louisville 
Water  Company,”  adopted  in  the  year  1878,  and  hereto 
appended  as  a part  hereof,  which  rates  it  may  collect 
in  semi-annual  installments  in  advance;  but  it  shall 
have  the  right  at  its  will  at  any  time  to  insert  a meter 
into  the  service  pipe  of  any  consumer,  if  it  shall  be- 
lieve that  such  consumer  has  allowed  any  waste  of 
water  and  to  supply  such  consumer  thenceforth  at  meter 
rates. 

The  connections  between  the  mains  of  the  said  com- 
pany and  its  consumers  shall  be  made  by  and  at  the 
expense  of  the  resi)ective  consumers,  but  for  making 
the  tap  for  the  connections  now  in  the  streets  of  the 


RELATING  TO  FRANKFORT  WATER  COMPANY. 


Ill 


city  of  Fi-ankfort  the  said  company  shall  exact  no 
charge. 

§ 15.  This  Oidinance  shall  become  binding  as  a con- 
tract on  the  Board  of  Conncilmen  of  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort in  the  event  that  the  Frankfort  Water  Company, 
of  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  shall,  within  twenty  days  from 
the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  file  with  the  Board  of 
Conncilmen  its  written  acceptance  of  the  terms  and 
conditions  of  this  Ordinance,  and  upon  such  acceptance 
this  Ordinance  shall  constitute  the  contract  and  shall 
be  the  measure  of  the  rigdits  and  liabilities  of  the  Board 
of  Conncilmen  of  the  cit}^  of  Frankfort  and  of  the 
Frankfort’ Water  Company,  of  Frankfort,  Kentucky. 

§ 16.  The  Mayor  and  the  Clerk  of  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort are  hereby  authorized  and  instructed  to  seal  dupli- 
cate copies  of  this  Ordinance,  upon  its  said  acceptance, 
with  the  common  corporate  seal  of  the  Board  of  Coun- 
-cilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  to  sign  the  same 
as  such  contract  in  the  name  and  in  behalf  of  the  Board 
of  Conncilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  to  deliver 
one  of  the  said  copies,  so  signed  and  sealed  in  behalf  of 
it,  to  the  Frankfort  Water  Company,  of  Frankfort, 
Kentucky,  and  to  accept  the  other  when  signed  and 
sealed  by  the  said  company,  in  behalf  of  the  Board  of 
Conncilmen,  and  to  cause  it  to  be  properly  acknowledged 
and  recorded  according  to  law  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk 
of  the  Franklin  County  Court. 

§ 17.  Nothing  contained  in  this  Ordinance  shall  be  so 
oonstrued  as  exempting  the  property  of  the  said  com- 
pany within  the  city  limits  from  taxation  for  city 
purposes. 

§ 18.  This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  at  its  passage. 

The  Vice-President  and  Secretary  of  the  Frankfort 
Water  Company  being  present,  thereupon  presented  to 


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RELATING  TO  FRANKFORT  WATER  COMPANY. 


the  Board  of  Coimcdlmen  their  acceptance  of  the  above 
Ordinance,  which  acceptance  is  as  follows: 

Office  of  the  Frankfort  Water  Company,  ) 
OF  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  July  28,  1884.  / 

To  the  Board  oj  Councihnen  of  the  City  of  Frankfort: 
Gentlemen: — Please  take  notice  that  the  Frankfort 
Water  Company  hereby  accepts  the  terms  and  condi- 
tions of  the  Ordinance  of  the  Board  of  Coimcilmen  of 
the  city  of  Frankfort,  passed  by  it  at  its  meeting  to-day, 
entitled:  ^'An  ordinance  providing  for  supplying  the 
City  of  Frankfort  and  its  inhabitants  with  \vater  for 
public  and  private  purposes,  granting  the  Frankfort 
AVater  Company,  of  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  the  franchise 
and  license  of  constructing  and  operating  tvater-works; 
selling  to  the  said  company  the  water  mains  and  its 
appurtenances  owned  by  the  Board  of  Councihnen  of 
the  city  of  Frankfort;  contracting  with  the  said  com- 
pany for  fire  hydrants,  and  giving  the  said  city  an 
option  to  purchase  said  works.’’ 

AVitness  the  corporate  seal  of  the  Frankfort  AA^ater 
Company,  attested  by  the  signatures  of  its  A^ice-Presi- 
dent  end  Secretary,  the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 
\^ery  respectfully. 

The  Frankfort  WA^ter  Company, 
of  Frankfort,  Kentucky, 

By  J.  Stoddard  Johnston,  its  Vice- 
President, 

And  by  Wm.  Reinecke,  its  Secre- 
tary. 

On  motion  of  Councilman  Drane,  the  said  acce^^tance 
was  received  by  the  Board  of  Councilmen  and  ordered 
to  be  recorded  on  its  journal. 


KEVENTE  AND  TAXATION. 


65 


cate,  statinu- tlie  purchase  and  price,  a description  of 
the  property,  name  of  the  owner,  time  and  place  of 
sale,  for  what  years,  and  what  amouiit  of  taxes  or  dues, 
fees  and  costs.  AVlienever  a levy  or  sale  shall  be  neces- 
sary, in  the  collection  of  city  taxes  or  assessments,  the 
Marshal  shall  be  entitled  to  a fee  of  twenty-five  cents 
for  making  such  levy  on,  and  twenty-five  cents  for  ad- 
vertising each  parcel,  no  unnecessary  division  to  be 
made. 

§ 3.  Property  which  has  been  sold  for  taxes  shall 
afterwards,  until  redeemed,  be  assessed  for  taxation 
against  the  holder  of  the  tax  titles  but  when  thfe  city 
is  the  holder  of  said  title,  the  tax  bill  therefor  shall 
not  be  delivered  to  the  Marshal. 

§ 4.  Peal  estate  sold  for  city  taxes  or  assessments 
may  be  redeemed  by  the  person  who  owned  it  at  the 
time  of  such  sale,  or  by  his  or  her  heirs  or  assigns, 
within  two  ^^ears  from  and  after  the  day  of  sale,  by 
paying  to  the  purchaser,  his  heirs  or  assigns,  the 
amount  of  the  purchase  money  paid  on  said  tax  sale, 
with  the  fees  and  cost  of  selling,  and  all  subsequent 
taxes  which  may  have  been  paid  by  the  purchaser  on 
said  property,  togelher  with  interest  on  the  whole  at 
the  rate  of  twenty  per  centum  per  annum;  or,  if  the 
city  be  the  purchaser,  the  purchase  money,  including 
fees  and  costs  of  sale,  and  all  taxes  subsequently  as- 
sessed against  the  property,  together  with  like  interest, 
shall  be  paid  on  redemption. 

§ 5.  The  Marshal  shall  make  a written  report  to  the 
Council  of  each  and  every  sale  for  city  taxes  or  assess- 
ments, which  shall  l)e  filed  by  the  Clerk,  and  kept  in 
his  office  for  inspection  by  any  person  interested;  and 
on  the  expiration  of  said  two  years  from  and  after  the 
sale,  if  evidence  of  the  redemption  of  such  property 
be  not  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  Board,  the  Marshal 

5 


Marshal’s  fees 
In  case  of  levy 
for  taxes. 


Taxes  assessed 
against  holder 
or  tax  title. 


Redemption  of 
property  sold 
for  taxes. 


/ 

/ 


Marshal  to  re- 
port tax  sales. 

Report  to  be 
filed  by  Clerk 
for  inspection 
of  parties. 


m 


RICVEXUE  AND  TAXATION. 


Shall  convey 
property  not 
redeemed  to 
purchaser. 


Council  to  pass 
order  li  x i n g 
time  for  tfix- 
hook  to  remain 
in  hands  of 
Treasurer. 


Book  to  be 
placed  in  hands 
of  Marshal,  and 
Marshal  to  ad- 
vertise sale  of 
property  on 
first  Monday  in 
Decern  her  of 
each  year 


shall  execute  a deed  to  the  purchaser,  his  heirs  or  as- 
signs, upon  presentation  of  the  certificate  of  purchase, 
and  the  payment  or  tender  of  a fee  for  making  said 
deed  of  one  dollar. 

§ 6.  After  the  tax-book  has  been  delivered  to  the 
Treasurer  by  the  Clerk,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Council  to  pass  an  order  fixing  upon  the  time  the  same 
shall  remain  in  the  possession  of  the  Treasurer;  and 
if  the  taxes,  or  any  part  thereof,  are  not  paid  in  the 
time  prescribed,  the  tax-book  shall  be  returned  to  the 
Clerk,  and,  after  being  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Mar- 
shal, it  shall  then  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  to  adver- 
tise for  one  month  next  preceding  the  day  of  sale,  by 
weekly  publications  in  the  newspaper  of  the  Public 
Printer,  a list  of  all  the  lots  and  fractions  of  lots  within 
the  citj  of  Frankfort  on  which  taxps  are  due  and  un- 
paid, with  the  names  of  the  persons  in  which  said  lots 
and  fractions  of  lots  were  assessed  for  taxation,  and  the 
amount  of  taxes  due  thereon,  and,  on  the  first  Monday 
in  December  of  each  year,  said  Marshal  shall  expose 
to  public  sale,  at  the  court-house  door  in  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  all  lots  and  fractions  of  lots,  or  so  much 
thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  to  satisfy  the  city  taxes 
and  assessments  that  may  be  due  and  unpaid  on  the 
said  first  Monday  in  December  of  each  year,  making 
the  proper  deed  and  conveyance  to  the  purchaser 
thereof,  and  performing  such  other  duties  in  the  pre- 
mises as  are  provided  in  an  act,  entitled  ‘^An  act  to 
amend  and  reduce  into  one  the  several  acts  in  relation 
to  the  city  of  Frankfort,”  Approved  March  16th,  1869. 


S E E US B I r A D K T 1 1 E E B . 


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ai^niNANCB  Na,  2H. 

That  so  mucli  of  section  2 of  General  Ordinance  No. 
27,  as  requires  the  Treasurer  to  attend  tlie  sales  by  the 
City  Marshal,  for  taxes  or  other  assessments  due  the 
cit3q  and  bid  for  or  buy  the  property  so  sold  for  the 
’nity,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  repealed. 


ORDINAjS^CB  No.  29. 

SEWERS. 

§ 1.  It  sliall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  sink  or  construct  a private  sewer  in  any  of  the  public 
streets  or  alleys  of  the  city,  without  first  obtaining 
permission  to  do  so  from  the  Board  of  Councilmen. 
Any  person  violating  this  Ordinance  shall  be  fined 
twenty-five  dollars. 


ORDINANCB  No.  30. 

SHADE  TREES. 

§ 1.  It  shall  be  deemed  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
stand  or  tie  a horse  or  mule  so  near  to  any  shade  tree, 
standing  on  any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk  within  the  city, 
that  such  horse  or  mule  can  damage  the  same  by  biting 
or  otherwise;  or  for  any  person  to  cut,  hack,  bark,  de- 
face or  in  any  other  manner  injure  any  shade  tree  on 
any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk  within  the  city.  Any 
person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance  shall 
be  fined,  for  each  offense,  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor 
more  than  twenty  dollars.  Provided,  That  the  owner 
of  any  lot  may  remove  any  tree  from  the  sidewalk, 
street  or  alley  immediately  binding  upon  his  said  lot, 
but  only  such  as  are  on  the  same  side  of  such  street  or 
alle}^ 

§ 2.  Any  person  who  shall  be  convicted  of  defacing 
or  injuring  any  fruit  trees  in  the  city,  or  taking  fruit 


Treasurer  not 
required  to  at- 
tend Marshal’s 
sales  for  taxes. 


Consent  of 
Board  necessa- 
ry to  authorize 
private  sewers. 


Fine  $25. 


Horse  not  to  be 
hitched  near 
shade  tree. 


Shade  tree  not 
to  be  cut  or  in- 
jured. 


Penalty. 


Proviso. 


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SIDEWALKS. 


Width  of  side- 
walks— Council 
to  prescribe. 


New  sidewalks, 
or  repairs  on 
old  ones,  to  be 
published  when 
ordered. 


Street  Commit- 
tee to  super:  n- 
tend  p a V e - 
ments. 


Carbini'. 


Drains. 


Sidewalks  1 u 
South  Frank- 
fort, how  re- 
paired. 


til  ere  from,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor 
more  than  ten  dollars,  for  each  offense; 


ORniN.YNCIS  :Vo.  31. 

SIDEWALKS. 

§ 1.  The  width  of  all  sidewalks  hereafter  made  shall 
be  prescrilied  by  the  Council,  in  the  order  providing 
for  the  improvement  of  the  street,  or  by  resolution. 

§ 2.  Whenever  an  order,  Ordinance  or  resolution 
shall  be  passed  by  the  Council  to  cause  the  curbing, 
grading  and  paving,  or  recurbing,  repaving  or  lepair- 
ing  any  sidewalk,  the  Mayot  shall  cause  diligent  search 
to  be  made  by  the  Marshal  to  ascertain  the  names  of 
the  parties  owning  the  grounds  fronting  on  such  side- 
A\:alks,  and  within  ten  days  after  the  passage  of  such 
order.  Ordinance  or  resolution,  he  shall  give  notice  as 
required  by  section  10  of  act  of  1869;  and  if  such 
work  be  not  done  in  accordance  wdth  such  notice,  the 
Mayor  shall  cause  it  to  be  done  in  pursuance  of  the 
Ordinance  regulating  the  proceeding. 

§ 3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Street  Committee  to 
see  that  all  sidewalks  ordered  to  be  paved  and  curbed, 
or  repaved  and  recurbed,  shall  be  of  uniform  grade, 
that  the  brick  are  good  and  suitable  for  the  purpose, 
compactly  secured,  and  uniformly  laid,  with  the  proper 
amount  of  sand  underneath  the  pavement.  They  shall 
see  that  the  curbing  is  good  and  sufficient,  and  that  it 
is  straight  and  well  set,  or,  if  the  old  curbing  be  of  good 
quality,  that  it  is  straightened  and  made  uniform. 
They  shall  see  that  proper  drains  from  streets,  alleys 
and  gutters  are  made. 

§ 4.  That  from  and  after  this  date,  all  persons  own- 
ing property  in  South  Frankfort,  in  front  or  along 
wliicli  sidewalks  have  heretofore  been  made  at  the  ex-  ^ 


STREETS  AM)  ALF.EYS. 


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pense  of  the  city,  shall  be  required  to  put  and  keep 
ill  good  repair  the  sidewalks  adjoining  their  resjiective 
properties;  and  failing  to  do  so,  the  same  shall  be  put  in 
repair  in  the  same  manner  as  now  prescribed  by  the 
City  Charter  and  Ordinances  for  the  sidewalks  in 
North  Fiauikfort. 


Oi?DZAAACB  Ao.  32, 

STREETS  AND  ALLEYS. 


§ 1.  Every  street  which  may  be  hereafter  improved 
shall  have  a carriage-way  ^f  uniform  width  equal  to 
two-thirds  of  the  original  established  width  of  the 
whole  street. 

§ 2.  When  an  order  is  hereafter  passed  directing  a 
street,  or  any  portion  thereof,  to  be  graded  and  paved, 
without  specifying  the  character  of  the  grade  and  pave- 
ment, the  same  shall  be  done  as  hereinafter  provided. 

§ 3.  The  grading  shall  be  executed,  shaped  and 
crowned  as  the  Street  Committee  may  direct,  and  the 
surface  well  rolled  with  street  roller  of  sufficient 
weight,  before  any  stone  or  gravel  is  laid  on  it.  Where 
there  is  excavation,  the  sides  shall  be  sloped  as  much 
as  may  be  necessary  to  prevent  the  earth  from  falling 
on  the  curb  or  gutter  when  laid;  and  where  there  is 
embankment,  the  sides  shall  be  tilled  and  sloped  as 
much  as  may  be  necessary  to  sustain  the  curb  when 
laid  firmly  in  position. 

§ 4.  Paving  shall  be  executed  as  follows: 

I.  To  support  the  pavement  there  shall  be  a line  of 
curbstones,  each  of  which  stones,  when  dressed,  shall 
not  be  less  than  four  inches  wide  on  the  upper  face, 
and  not  less  than  two  feet  long.  AVhere  the  gutter  is 
twelve  inches  or  less  in  depth,  the  curb-stone  shall  not 
•be  less  than  twenty-four  inches  deep;  and  where  the 


Wi  Itli  of  car- 
riage-way. 


Grading  a n 
paving  — ho 
regulated. 


(trading  to  be 
directed  by 
Committee  on 
Streets. 


Excavation. 


Embankme  n t . 


Paving. 


Curb-stones. 


^ p. 


70 


STIUSETS  AND  ALLEYS. 


Gutter  pave- 
ment. how  con- 
structed. 


gutter  is  more  tlian  twelve  inches  deep,  they  shall  not 
he  less  than  twice  the  depth  of  the  gutter.  All  curb- 
stones shall  have  a full  square  joint  on  the  ends^  not 
less  than  four  inches  deep,  in  addition  to  the  depth  of 
the  gutter;  the  exposed  top  and  front  faces  shall  be 
neatly  l)ush-haminer  dressed  to  an  even  regular  face — 
tlie  up})er  face  to  have  the  same  level  as  the  sidewalk; 
the  front  face  shall  be  cut  not  less  than  ten  inches 
dee}),  and  the  back  face  not  less  than  four  inches  deep^ 
from  the  to}>;  the  remainder  of  the  front  face  shall  be- 
scabbled  or  dressed  evenl}^  to  admit  a close  joint  with 
the  shoulder  of  the  }3avement.  All  curb-stones  shall 
be  of  good  hard,  sound  linmslone,  free  from  flaws,  dry 
seams  or  cracks.  All  curb-stones  shall  be  laid  true  to 
line  and  grade  ; the  s}3ace  between  the  curb  and  exca- 
vation or  embankment  shall  be  filled  with  earth  or 
gravel,  and  well  rammed,  to  the  to}D  of  the  curb. 

II.  In  order  to  drain  the  streets,  there  shall  be  a 
gutter-}3avement  laid  on  each  side  of  the  carriage-way 
next  to  the  curb,  to  the  width  of  not  more  than  three 
feet,  nor  less  than  eighteen  inches  from  the  face  of  the 
curb,  which  shall  be  executed  as  follows:  Not  less  than 
twelve  inches  from  the  face,  and  eleven  inches  below 
the  top  of  the  curb,  there  shall  be  laid  a line  of  gutter- 
stones,  each  of  which  shall  be  six  inches  wide,  not  less 
than  twelve  inches  long,  and  not  less  than  eight  inches 
deep;  between  the  line  of  curb-stones  and  the  line  of 
gutter-stone  there  shall  be  laid  two  courses  of  paving- 
stones  to  fill  the  spaces,  fonned  of  good  hard  limestone, 
not  less  than  eight  inches  long,  and  not  less  than  eight 
inches  deep;  they  shall  be  laid  on  a uniform  bed  par- 
allel with  the  curb,  and  beveled  on  their  upper  surface, 
so  that  the  shoulder  at  the  face  of  the  curb  will  not  be 
less  than  three  inches  higher  than  at  the  edge  next  to 
the  gutter;  the  edges,  ends,  face  and  sides  of  the  stones- 


STREETS  AND  ALLEYS. 


71 


shall  be  dressed  straigdit  and  square  in  shape,  so  as  to 
form  good  joints,  faces  and  beds.  The  pavement  be- 
tween the  course  of  gutter-stones  and  the  street,  next 
to  the  gutter-stones,  shall  be  composed  of  three  longi- 
tudinal courses  of  paving-stones,  not  less  than  six  nor 
more  than  eight  inches  wide,  nor  less  than  ten  inches 
long,  nor  less  than  ten  inches  deep;  they  shall  be 
dressed  in  the  same  manner  as  the  paving-stones  be- 
tween the  gutter  and  the  curb-st''ues,  except  that  the 
upper  face  shall  be  square;  they  shall  be  laid  straight 
and  true  to  the  grade,  shape  and  crown  of  the  street, 
and  even  and  regular  on  the  surface,  and  on  a uniform 
bed,  each  course  to  be  of  a regular  width  between  ad- 
jacent intersections.  The  gutter-pavement  at  the  inter- 
sections shall  be  coursed  and  laid  parallel  to  the  line 
of  gutter-stones,  whether  straight  or  curved,  and  in  the 
manner  prescribed  for  other  portions  of  the  gutters, 
except  that  the  paving-stones  shall  be  twelve  inches 
deep,  and  laid  not  less  than  two  nor  more  than  two 
and  a half  feet  on  either  side  of  the  gutter-stones.  In 
laying  all  street  pavements,  the  joints  are  to  be  well 
broken,  and  filled  with  clean  gravel,  and  the  pavement 
shall  then  be  swept  off  and  well  rammed  with  fifty- 
pound  rammers. 

' III.  Foot-crossings,  when  laid,  shall  be  fonned  of 
not  less  than  two  courses  of  stone,’ not  less  than  ten 
inches  wide,  twelve  inches  deep,  and  not  less  than  two 
feet  long,  and  be  dressed  with'  good  full  square  beds, 
joints  and  faces,  to  be  laid  not  exceeding  ten  imdres 
apart,  and  the  space  between  well  filled  with  paving- 
stones. 

IV.  The  pavement  of  the  carriage  way  between  the 
gutter-pavements  shall  be  composed  of  stones  of  uni- 
form size,  carefully,  and  closely  laid  by  hand,  from  gut- 
ter-pavement to  gutter-pavement,  on  the  bed  of  the 


Intersection. 


Foot-crosslngsk 


Carriage-way.. 


72 


STREETS  AND  ALLEYS. 


Materials  to 
used. 


Forfeiture 

contract. 


street,  the  largest  sides  down  and  points  up.  This 
bed  of  stone  shall  be  not  less  than  seven  nor  more  than 
eight  incdies  deep  at  the  center,  and  not  less  than  six 
nor  more  than  seven  inches  deep  at  the  sides.  On 
this  silh-pavement  shall  he  laid  broken  stone  of  such 
size  as  will  pass  through  a two  and  a half  inch  ring, 
or  of  that  size  as  near  as  practicable,  to  the  depth  of 
not  less  than  six  inches.  When  the  street  pavement  is 
thus  finished,  it  shall  be  as  nearly  as  practicable  of 
uniform  depth,  not  less  than  twelve  inches  at  the  sides, 
nor  less  than  thirteen  inches  at  the  cenfer  line  of  the 
street,  and  of  the  proper  crown,  and  true  to  grade,  and 
shall  be  properly  and  sufficiently  rolled  and  settled. 

§ 5.  All  materials  used  in  the  work  shall  be  of  ^the 
to®  best  quality  to  be  obtained  near  the  city,  and  such  as 
the  Street  Committee  shall  approve;  and  all  inferior 
materials  condemned  or  rejected  by  the  Street  Com- 
mittee shall  be  removerl,  without  delay,  from  the  site 
of  the  work,  at  the  expense  of  the  contractor,  as  well 
as  all  rubbish,  surplus  and  refuse  materials.  When 
the  whole,  or  any  part  of  the  work  on  a street,  does 
not,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Mayor  and  Couiicil,  comply 
with  these  specifications,  then  it  may  be  made  to  con- 
form thereto  at  the  expense  of  the  contractor. 

§ 6.  Should  the  contractor  fail  to  execute  the  work 
within  the  time  stipulated,  he  shall  forfeit  his  contract, 
and  be  entitled  to  no  compensation  for  the  work  done; 
but  the  time  fixed  for  the  completion  of  the  work  may, 
for  any  cause  deemed  sufficient  by  the  Council,  be  ex- 
tended by  resolution;  and  the  receiving  and  appor- 
tioning of  the  cost  of  any  work  by  the  Council  after 
the  time  when,  by  aontract,  it  should  have  been  com- 
pleted, shall  be  regarded  as  an  assent  to  the  extension 
of  the  time  named  in  the  contract. 


STREETS  AND  ALLEYS. 


73 


§ 7.  The  contractor  shall  look  entirely  to  the  owners 
of  ground  fronting  the  improvement  made  by  him  for 
compensation  for  his  work.  When  the  work  shall  be 
received  as  completed,  the  Council  shall  apportion  the 
cost  thereof  among  the  owners  of  ground  fronting  the 
improvement,  and  shall  guarantee  to  the  contractor  a 
lien  on  the  same  for  the  value  of  the  work;  but  the 
city  will  not  be  liable  to  au}^  extent,  should  the  con- 
tractor fail  to  establish  his  lien  by  reason  of  any  de- 
fectiveness of  his  work,  or  any  other  default  of  his 
own,  notwithstanding  the  work  may  have  been  re- 
ceived. 

§ 8.  The  Street  Committee  is  authorized  and  em- 
powered to  secure  the  services  of  some  competent 
person  to  sepervise  the  repairs  of  the  streets,  alleys, 
&c.,  whenever  they  think  the  services  of  such  person 
are  necessary,  and  the  Clerk  is  hereby  directed  to  draw 
his  warrant  on  the  Treasurer  in  favor  of  such  person 
so  employed,  at  the  rate  of  fifty  dollars  per  month  for 
such  time  as  said  committee  may  certify  he  has  been 
actually  employed. 

§ 9.  The  street  Committee  are  further  authorized, 
whenever  occasion  may  require  or  the  Council  may 
direct,  to  secure  the  services  of  a competent  Engineer, 
to  make  such  surveys  as  may  be  necessary,  and  said 
Engineer  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  may  be 
agreed  on  by  said  committee  and  himself,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  Council. 

§ 10.  The  Street  Supervisor,  employed  under  the 
eighth  section  of  this  Ordinance,  shall  discharge  all 
the  duties  heretofore  discharged  by  the  Street  Com- 
missioner. 


Property  - hold- 
ers responsible 
for  cost  of  Im- 
provements. 


Cou  icll  to  ap- 
portion cost 
and  f^uarantee 
lien  to  contrac- 
tor. 


City  not  liable 
if  lie  fail  to  es- 
tablish hi  5 lien. 


Power  to  Street 
Committee  to 
employ  some 
one  to  supervise 
repairs  of 
streets,  &c. 


street  Commit- 
tee authorized 
to  secure  serv- 
ices of  compe- 
tent engineer. 


74 


UNLOADING  DIRT Ol’.STUUOTIXG  STREETS,  AC. 


Tnlawful  to  un- 
load dirt  at 
ends  of  any 
street  leading 
to  the  Kentuci  y 
river. 


All  dirt  gath- 
ered on  streets 
to  be  unloaded 
on  the  unim- 
proved streets. 


Enclosing  o r 
obstructing 
streets  or  al- 
leys. 


OUnfN  XNClS  Na,  33, 

UNLOADING  DIRT. 

§ 1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  un- 
load any  dirt  at  tlie  terminus  of  any  street  leading  to 
the  Kentucky  river.  Any  person  violating,  this  Ordi- 
nance shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  five  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

§ 2.  That  the  Street  Commissioner  is  directed  to  see 
that  all  dirt  gathered  on  the  streets  is  hauled  and  un- 
loaded on  the  unimproved  streets  of  North  and  South 
Frankfort. 


OjROIAAACB  iVo. 

OBSTRUCTING  STREETS,  &C. 

§ 1 That  all  persons  having  an}^  street  or  alley,  or 
other  public  grounds  of  this  city,  inclosed  in  whole  or 
in  part,  or  in  any  manner  obstructed,  or  in  use  for  any 
other  than  the  purposes  for  which  they  are  by  law  in- 
tended, are  required  and  directed,  within  sixty  days 
after  the  adoption  of  this  Ordinance,  to  remove  their 
fences  or  other  obstructions,  of  any  and  every  kind^ 
from  such  streets,  alleys  and  public  grounds:  Provided^ 
That  any  person  affected  by  the  provisions  of  this 
Ordinance  may,  within  the  said  sixty  days,  make 
written  application  to  the  Council,  in  which  the  title 
and  rights  of  the  city  are  to  be  recognized,  and  may, 
at  the  direction  of  said  Board,  obtain  leave  to  continue 
the  in  closure  or  obstruction  for  such  time  as  said 
Board  may  deem  proper. 


RELATING  TO  EXCAVATING  IN  STREETS. 


75 


OUmSANCB  Nu.  3a, 

RELATING  TO  EXCAVATING  IN  STREETS. 

§ 1.  That  before  iiny  person  shall  be  permitted  to 
make  an  excavation  for  a sewer,  or  other  work  of  like 
character,  in  the  streets  of  the  city,  he  or  they  shall 
first  obtain  a permit  from  the  City  Clerk,  to  be  granted 
by  said  Clerk  upon' the  execution  of  an  obligation  to 

the  city  in  the  following  form:  I (or  we), , 

principal,  and  , surety,  are  firmly  held  and 

bound  unto  the  Board  of  Conncilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  hundred  dollar.-, 
for  the  payment  of  which  sum  we  bind  ourselves  firmly 
by  these  presents.  The  condition  of  this  bond  is  such 

that,  whereas,  said is  granted  permission  to  make 

an  excavation  for  a on  street,  in  the 

city  of  Frankfort,  now  if  said  shall  complete 

said  work  within  * days  from  date  hereof,  and  if 

within  thirty  days  from  completion  of  said  work,  shall 
restore  the  street  so  excavated  in  as  good  condition  as 
before  said  excavation  was  made,  then  this  bond  shall 
be  null  and  void,  otherwise  it  shall  remain  in  full 
force  and  effect. 

As  witness  our  hand  and  seal  this day  of  , 

18—. 

§.  2.  Any  person  who  shall  make  an  excavation  in 
the  streets  of  the  city  without  first  obtaining  the  pei- 
mit  herein  named,  shall  be  subject  to  fine  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars  for  each  said  offense. 

§ 3.  It  shall  b*^  the  duty  of  the  City  ivlarshal  to  re- 
port all  infractions  of  this  Ordinance  promptly  to  tin 
City  Attorne}",  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  at  once  bring 
suit  for  its  violation,  either  in  specific  penalt}^  or  upon 
the  bond  of  the  person  in  default. 


Permit  to  te 
obtained  a n d 
bond  to  be 
given. 


Form  of  bond. 


Penalty. 


Marshal  to  re- 
port all  Infrac- 
tions. 


7G 


OBSERVANCE  OF  SUNDAY TAVERNS  COFFEE-HOUSES. 


Observance  of 
Sunday. 


Laws  of  State 
to  be  complied 
with. 


Tavern  bond. 


§ 4.  Tlie  City  Clerk  shall  keep  a supply  of  blank 
bonds  in  liis  ofhce,  of  the  form  and  for  the  purpose 
herein  designated,  and  shall  keep  a record  of  said 
bonds,  and  hie  same  in  the  records  of  his  office. 


OUniXAJSCB  Ao.  36. 

OBSERVANCE  OF  SUNDAY. 

§ 1.  No  work  or  business  shall  be  done  on  Sunday, 
except  the  ordinary  household  offices,  or  other  work  of 
necessity  or  charity.  If  any  person  on  Sunday  shall 
liimself  be  found  at  his  own,  or  any  other  trade  or 
calling,  or  sliall  employ  his  apprentices,  or  other. per- 
son, in  labor  or  other  husiness,  whether  the  same  be 
for  proht  or  amusement,  unless  such  as  is  permitted 
above,  he  shall  be  hned  not  less  than  two  nor  more 
than  hfty  dollars  for  each  offense.  Every  person  or 
apprentice  so  employed  shall  be  deemed  a separate 
offense.  Persons  who  are  members  of  a religious  so- 
ciety, who  observe  as  Sunday  any  other  day  in  the 
week  than  Sunday,  shall  not  be  liable  to  the  penalty 
prescribed  in  this  section,  if  they  observe  as  Sunday 
one  day  in  each  seven,  as  herein  })rovided. 


ORDINANCE  No.  37. 

TAVERNS  AND  COFFEE-HOUSES. 

§ 1.  In  addition  to  the  requirements  of  the  City 
Ordinances,  all  tavern-keepers  and  vendors  of  spirit- 
uous liquors  by  retail  shall  comply  with  all  the  require- 
ments of  the  State  laws  before  license  shall  be  granted 
them. 

§ 2.  When  any  license  to  keep  a tavern,  with  the 
privilege  of  retailing  spirituous  liquors,  is  issued,  the 
bond  shall  be  in  form  as  required  by  the  Statute  Laws 


TAVERNS  AND  COFFEE-HOUSES. 


77 


of  Kentucky.  When  a license  is  to  keep  a coffee- 
house, the  bond  shall  be  in  substance  as  follows  : 

‘‘Know  all  men  by  thes^^  presents,  that  we, , 

^ Coffe  e • h 0 u s e 

and , his  sureties,  are  held  and  firmly 

bound  to  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  for  the 
payment  of  which  we  bind  ourselves,  our  heirs,  execu- 
tors and  administrators,  firmly  by  these  presents. 

“Witness  our  hands  and  seals  this  — day  of  , 

18—. 

“The  condition  of  the  above  obligation  is  such,  that 

whereas  the  said has  obtained  a license  to 

keep  a coffee-house  on , in  the  city  of  Frankfort, 

for  the  term  of  one  year;  now,  if  the  said 

shall  keep  an  orderl}^  and  quiet  house,  and  not  permit 
gaming  or  riotous  or  disorderly  conduct  therein,  and 
shall  not  unlawfully  sell,  give,  or  loan  any  spirits  of  any  • 
kind  to  a minor  or  an  inebriate,  and  shall  not  keep 
open  his  bar,  nor  sell,  nor  offer  for  sale,  any  spirituous, 
vinous  or  fermented  liquors  on  Sunday,  and  shall  other- 
wise comply  with  all  the  Ordinances  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  in  relation  to  coffee-houses  and  coffee-house 
keepers,  then  this  obligation  to  be  void,  otherwise  to 
remain  in  full  force  and  virtue. 

(Signed),  “ , [l.  s.] 

“ , [L.  S.] 

“ , [L-  S.] 

“Approved  by  the  Board. 

“Attest : , Mayor'' 

§ 3.  V/hen  any  tavern  or  coffee-house  license  is 
granted  by  the  Council,  the  bond  executed  and  ap- 
proved, the  State  and  city  tax  paid,  and  all  the  require- 
ments of  law  and  city  regulations  complied  with,  the 
Clerk  shall  issue  a certificate  of  license  to  the  person 
to  whom  granted  in  substantially  the  following  form  : 


78 


TREASURER. 


Form  of  license 


VIolat  ion  of 
bond.  $25  to 
$100  fine. 


Policeman  not 
to  sell  liquor. 


When  to  enter 
on  duties. 


“Tliis  is  to  certify,  that has  ob- 

tained a license  for  one  year  Irom  the  date  hereof,  to 
keep  a (colfee-liouse  or  tavern  with  the  privilege  of  re- 
tailing liquor),  at  (give  location  of  house),  he  having 
i>aid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  the  sum 

of dollars  for  the  city,  and 

dollars  for  the  State,  the  price  thereof,  and  exe- 
cuted the  bond  required  by  the  law  of  the  State  and 
Ordinances  of  the  city;  this  license  is  gran-ted  on  con- 
dition that  the  said shall  observe  the  laws 

of  the  State  and  Ordinances  of  the  city  applicable  to 
his  business,  shall  not  unlawfully  sell,  give  or  loan  any 
spirituous  licjuors  to  minors  or  inebriates,  and  shall  not 
keep  his  bar  open  on  Sunday  for  the  purpose  of  retail- 
ing liquor,  and  shall  not  retail  liquor  on  Sunday. 

^‘Witness , Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Coun- 

cilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  this day  of , 

18—. 

, Clerkr 

§ 4.  A conviction  of  the  violation  of  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  the  bond  of  a tavern  or  coffee-house  keeper 
shall  subject  the  offender  and  his  sureties  to  a fine  of 
not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

§ 5.  The  business  of  retailing  spirituous  liquors  shall 
be  incompatible  with  the  office  of  Policeman  in  the 
city.  Any  Policeman  who  shall  hereafter  keep  a coffee- 
house or  tavern,  or  be  interested  therein,  where  liquor 
is  retailed,  shall  thereby  forfeit  his  office. 


ORniNA^NCB  Na,  38. 

TREASURER. 

§ 1.  The  Treasurer  sliall  enter  upon  the  discharge  of 
his  duties  within  one  month  from  the  time  of  his  elec- 
tion. He  shall,  upon  assuming  the  functions  of  his  of- 


TREASURE  II. 


79 


fice,  take  an  oath  before  the  Police  Judge,  or  some 
officer  dill}’  authorized  by  law  to  administer  oaths,  faith- 
fully to  dis^djarge  tiie  duties  of  his  office,  and  execute 
bond,  with  security  worth  at  the  time,  jointly  or  sever- 
ally, twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  to  be  approved  by  the 
Board,  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk,  for  a faithful 
discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office  ; upon  which,  for 
any  breach  thereof,  suit  may  be  instituted,  from  time  to 
time,  and  recovery  had,  to  the  extent  of  any  damages 
sustained  by  the  city  or  by  others. 

g 2.  The  Treasurer  shall  reside  and  keep  his  office 
within  the  city  of  Frankfort.  Upon  the  expiration  of 
his  term,  or  resignation  of  his  office,  his  death,  or  re- 
moval from  office,  the  Mayor  and  Clerk  of  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  shall  examine  his  accounts,  state  the  same, 
count  the  money  in  the  treasury,  and  take  an  inven- 
tory of  the  books,  stationery  and  furniture  of  his  office, 
belonging  to  the  city,  which  shall  all  be  passed  to  his 
successor,  who  shall  receipt  for  the  same  ; which  receij)t 
shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of 
Councilmen. 

§ 3.  If  the  Treasurer  is  sick  and  unable  to  discharge 
the  duties  of  his  office,  or  if  he  absent  himself  from  the 
city,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  recommend,  in  writing,  to 
the  Mayor  some  person  to  discharge  the  duties  for  him 
during  such  sickness  or  absence  ; and  if  the  Mayor  ap- 
prove the  recommendation,  he  shall  indorse  the  same 
‘^approved,”  and  sign  liis  name  thereto,  and  file  it  with 
the  Clerk,  who  shall,  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Coun- 
cil, report  the  same,  when  it  shall  be  entered  upon  the 
records  of  the  Board ; after  the  approval  by  the  Mayor,  the 
person  so  recommended  may,  on  taking  the  usual  oath, 
perform  the  duties  of  Treasurer  until  that  officer  is  re- 
stored to  health  or  returns  to  the  city,  unless  the  Council 
shall  by  order  suspend  him.  The  Treasurer  and  his 


Oath. 


Bond. 


Suit  on  bond  of. 


Shall  reside  in 
city. 


Accounts  to  be 
examined  b y 
the  Mayor  and 
Clerk  on  expi- 
ration of  term, 
and  pass  prop- 
erty to  succes- 
sor. 


Temporary  ap- 
pointment of. 


89 


TKKASUKEK. 


Mayor  may  sus- 
pend Treasur- 
er; but  must  re- 
port to  Council 
forthwith. 


Council  to  pro- 
vide for  safe 
k e e p 1 n s of 
funds  dui’ing 
suspension. 


Money  received 
or  paid  out 
must  be  on  cer- 
tificate of  per- 
mit, or  warrant 
of  Clerk. 


Shall  receive  a 1 
funds  due  city, 

&c. 


Shall  receipt 
for  all  money. 


To  keep  accu- 
rate accounts. 


Keep  sei'arate 
accounts  cf 
Sinking  I'Utid, 
School  Tund, 
and  ordi  ary 
revenue  and 
funds  of  South 
Frankfort. 


sureties  sliall  be  responsible  on  their  official  bond  for  the 
acts  of  the  person  thus  ap])ointed  by  the  'Treasurer. 

§ 4.  When,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Mayor,  the  funds  of 
tlie  city  are  in  danger,  by  being  under  the  control  of 
the  Treasurer,  he  shall  have  power  to  suspend  him 
from  official  duties,  and  fortlnvith  call  a meeting  of  the 
Council,  to  whom  the  facts  shall  be  reported,  and  the  case 
investigated  and  decided  without  unnecessary  delay. 
During  such  suspension  of  tlie  Treasurer  the  Council 
shall  make  proper  provision  for  the  safety  of  the  mon- 
evs  of  the  citv. 

f) 

§ 5.  The  Treasurer  shall  not  receive  into  nor  pay  out 
any  money  from  the  treasury,  except  upon  the  certifi- 
cate or  warrant  of  the  Clerk. 

§ 6.  He  shall  receive  and  safely  keep  in  the  treasury 
all  money  due  or  payable  to  the  city  from  collectors  of 
revenue,  public  officers,  and  others,  when  tendered, 
accompanied  by  the  certificate  or  permit  of  the  Clerk, 
stating  the  amount  to  be  received,  and  on  what  account, 
and  from  whom  to  be  received.  He  shall  immediately 
make  out  a receipt  for  such  amount,  stating  for  what  and  of 
whom  received,  and  deliver  it  to  the  Clerk  Avho  shall  in 
like  manner  give  a receipt  to  the  officer  or  person  pay- 
ing the  same  ; the  receipt,  besides  stating  the  amount 
paid,  shall  also,  if  it  be  all  that  is  due  from  the  officer 
or  other  person,  so  state. 

§ 7.  He  shall  keep  in  appropriate  well-bound  books, 
to  be  provided  by  him  ac  the  expense  of  the  city,  true 
accounts  of  all  money  paid,  into  the  Treasury,  by  whom, 
Avhen  and  on  what  account  paid.  He  shall  keep  the 
accounts  of  the  Sinking  Fund  and  the  School  Fund 
distinct  from  each  other,  and  from  the  ordinaiy  rev- 
enue of  the  city  ; and  in  like  manner  he  shall  keep  a 
true  account  of  all  sums  paid  out,  when,  to  whom,  and 
for  what  paid.  The  accounts  shall  be  so  kept  as  to  ex- 


TKEASUKEK. 


81 


liibit  tlie  aniount  received  and  disbursed  on  account  of 
each  of  said  departments  of  tbe  city’s  fund. 

§ 8.  He  shall,  on  tbe  31st  of  December,  make  a clear, 
distinct  and  intelligible  report  of  all  money  received  by 
bim  and  disbursed  during  each  year,  wbicb  shall  ex- 
hibit tbe  receipts  and  expenditures  of  each  montb  on 
account  of  each . department  aforesaid,  which  report 
shall  be  laid  before  tbe  Board  of  Councilmen,  and, 
when  approved  by  them,  entered  at  length  upon  the 
records.  He  shall,  in  addition,  make  settlement  of 
bis  accounts  with  tbe  Clerk  on  tbe  last  day  of  eoch 
montb,  wbicb  settlement  shall  exhibit  tbe  fiscal  trans- 
actions of  the  montb,  and  shall  be  laid  before  tbe 
Board  at  tbe  next  succeeding  regular  meeting,  and,  if 
approved,  shall  be  spread  upon  the  record.  If  any  in- 
accuracy appear  in  said  settlement,  or  any  member  of 
tbe  Council  so  require,  it  sliall  be  referred  to  the  Fi- 
nance Committee,  who  shall  investigate  and  report 
thereon  promptly. 

§ 9.  Tbe  Finance  Committee  of  tbe  Board  of  Coun- 
cilmen shall,  within  ten  days  after  tbe  organization  of 
the  Board,  in  each  year,  personally  examine  into  tbe 
state  of  the  Treasury,  examine  all  papers  or  vouchers 
upon  wbicb  mone^y  has  been  paid  out  for  the  preceding 
year,  ascertain  tbe  amount  paid  into  and  paid  out  of 
the  Treasury,  and  tbe  amount  on  band  ; and  notice  any 
misapplication  or  perversion  of  tbe  funds  of  tbe  cit}^ 
by  tbe  Treasurer  or  others.  Tbe  same  committee  shall 
examine  the  books  and  accounts  of  tbe  Clerk  ; and  in 
said  examination  shall  carefully  note,  without  defacing 
all  the  Treasurer’s  receipts  wbicb  are  the  foundation  of 
a charge  against  bim,  in  such  manner  as  will  plainly 
show  that  said  receipts  have  been  examined  by  said 

committee.  Tbe  committee  shall  report  to  the  Board 

6 


Shall  rei)ort 
31fit  December. 


Shall  m a k"e 
set  1 1 e m e n t s 
monthly  with 
Clerk,  to  be  laid 
before  the 
Board. 


Settlement  may 
be  referred  to 
Finance  Com- 
mittee. 


Finance  Com- 
mittee to  ex- 
amine accounts 
of  the  Treas- 
urer annually.. 


Also,  shall  ex- 
amine accomits 
of  Clerk,  and 
note  all  re- 
ceipts of  the 
T r e a s u r e r , 
which  f o r m 
basis  of  a 
charge  against 
him,  and  re- 
port. 


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WORK-HOUSE. 


Salary. 


Work-house. 


Keeper. 


Residenc  e at 
Work  -house, 
and  duties  in 
regard  to  in- 
mates. 


Record  of  com- 
mitment. 


tlie  facts  fully  and  truly,  which  report  shall  be  spread 
upon  the  records  of  the  Board. 

§ 10.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  an  annual  salary 
of  five  hundred  dollars,  payable  c^uarterly  out  of  the 
treasury  of  the  cit^^ 


Ao.  39. 

WORK-HOUSE. 

§ 1.  A Keeper  of  the  Work-house  may  be  selected  by 
the  Council,  either  by  election  or  upon  the  lease  sys- 
tem heretofore  tried,  as  in  their  judgment  they  may 
deem  best  for  the  interest  of  the  city.  He  shall  exe- 
cute bond  to  the  <^ity,  to  be  ajiproved  by  the  Mayor 
and  Council,  in  the  penalty  of  $500,  conditioned  to  pay 
to  the  city  all  moneys  he  may  become  liable  for  as 
Keeper,  and  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  all  his  duties. 

§ 2.  The  Work-house  Keeper  shall  have  the  ‘superin- 
tendence of  the  Work-house  and  Station  House;  shall 
keep  regular  account  books,  in  which  the  Work-house 
shall  be  charged  with  all  things  necessary  for  its  sup- 
port, and  shall  be  credited  by  all  sums  appropriated 
by  the  Council  for  its  support,  and  otherwise  received. 

§ 3.  The  Keeper  shall  reside  in  the  residence  at  the 
Work-house,  and  have  care  of  the  AVork-house,  grounds 
and  propertv,  and  of  all  persons  there  confined;  he 
shall  daily  visit  all  of  the  apartments,  and  keep  them 
clean  and  in  good  order,  and  shall  personally  superin- 
tend the  custody  and  employment  of  the  prisoners. 

§ 4.  He  shall  keep  a record-book  of  commitments 
and  discharges  of  prisoners,  registering  name,  age, 
height,  color,  offenses  for  which  committed,  and  other 
proper  facts.  He  shall  keep  the  prisoners  at  some 
healthy  employment  at  least  10  hours  per  day  in  April, 
May,  June,  July,  August  and  Septeml)er,  and  9 hours 
a day  during  the  remainder  of  the  year. 


WOIIK-IIOUSK. 


83 


§ 5.  Any  prisoner  who  shall  behave  in  a riotous  or 
disorderly  manner,  or  refuse  to  work  or  to  obey  the 
orders  of  the  Keeper,  or  shall  attempt  to  escape,  may 
be  committed  to  close  and  solitary  confinement  upon 
bread  and  water,  or,  if  necessary,  put  in  irons  by  order 
of  the  Keeper,  but  shall  not  be  cruelly  treated. 

§ 6.  He  shall  ^ive  proper  attention  to  all  prisoners 
who  are  sick  and  unable  to  work;  he  shall  cause  the 
physician  to  be  sent  for,  and  see  that  proper  nursing 
and  care  be  given. 

§ 7.  Every  moutli  he  shall  report  to  the  Council  the 
names  and  number  of  prisoners  confined  in  the  Work- 
house,  the  number  of  days  each  prisoner  worked,  and 
a statement  of  the  work  done  by  them,  and  its  value, 
and  any  other  facts  he  may  think  proper  to  report  in 
reference  to  the  Work-house. 

§ 8.  The  books.  Work-house  and  premises  shall  al- 
ways be  open  to  inspection  by  the  Mayor,  City  Judge 
and  Council,  or  any  member  thereof. 

§ 9.  That  any  person  confined  in  the  City  Work- 
house,  under  sentence  from  an}^  Court  having  jurisdic- 
tion, or  while  at  work,  outside  of  said  Work-house,  or 
while  in  the  custody  of  any  Work-house  officer,  who 
shall  escape  from  the  said  Work-house  or  custod}^,  shall, 
upon  conviction  in  the  Police  Court  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  of  such  escape,  be  sentenced  to  work  out 
double  the  unexpired  term  of  his  sentence. 

§ 10.  That  the  Work-house  Keeper  shall  in  no  case 
allow  an  inmate  of  said  Work-house  to  leave  the  same, 
who  is  under  sentence  thereto,  unless  he  betaken  there- 
from for  the  purpose  of  work  under  his  sentence,  or 
unless  released  by  order  of  the  Police  Judge.  For  a 
violation  of  this  Ordinance  the  Keeper  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  ten  dollars. 


PirilFlinient  of 
prisoners  for 
misbehavior, 
&c. 


Sick. 


Report  of  Work- 
house  keeper. 


Books,  &c., 
open  to  inspec- 
tion, &c. 


Escape  fro  m 
the  W 0 r k - 
ho  use— how 
punished. 


No  prisoner  to 
leave  W o r k - 
house  except  to 
work. 


84 


WORK- no  USE. 


Unless  line  iiaid 
Ju(lf?e  to  issue 
capias  pro  fine, 
Ac. 


Offender  to  be 
released  upon 
paym  e n t of 
fine. 


Remission  b y 
Mayor  to  be  re- 
ported to  Judge 


Costs  to  be  paid 
when  satisfie.l 
by  labor  in 
Work-house. 


Escapes  from 
the  Work-house 
—Keeper  r e - 
sponsible. 


§ 11.  Tn  all  cases  where  fines  are  imposed  in  the 
Police  Court  of  the  city  of  P'^rankfort,  unless  the  fine 
and  costs  are  at  once  either  paid  or  replevied,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Judge  of  said  Court  to  issue  and  de- 
liver a capias  pro  fi)ic  to  the  Marshal  of  the  city,  who 
shall  at  once  ana  st  and  deliver  the  person  so  fined  to 
the  Keeper  of  the  City  AVork-house,  who  shall  safely 
keep  said  person  until  he  shall  have  discharged  said 
fines  and  costs  by  labor  in  said  Work-house,  or  on  the 
grounds  belonging  thereto,  or  on  the  streets  and  alleys 
of  tile  city,  at  the  rate  of  fifty  cents  per  day:  Provided, 
That  where  the  person  so  fined  shall  }.ay,  or  cause  to 
be  paid,  at  any  time,  the  balance  of  the  fine  and  costs 
for  which  he  was  committed  to  said  Work-house  re- 
maining unpaid,  then  said  Judge  shall,  upon  evidence 
of  such  payment,  order  said,  person  to  be  released  from 
said  Work-house:  Provided  further,  That  all  fines  or 
parts  of  fines  remitted  by  the  Mayor  or  Board  of  Coun- 
cilmen  shall  be  immediately  reported  to  the  said  Judge, 
and  the  same  entered  on  his  docket;  and  in  no  case 
shall  a prisoner  be  released  from  said  AToi'k-house,  ex- 
cept upon  the  written  order  of  said  Judge. 

§ 12.  \Chenever  the  AVork-house  Keeper  shall  report 
to  the  Council  that  the  fines  and  costs  imposed  in  any 
case  have  been  satisfied  by  labor,  as  provided  for  in 
section  1 of  this  Ordinance,  then  the  Police  Judge, 
City  Attorney,  Marshal  and  witnesses  shall  be  entitled, 
respectively,  to  their  several  costs,  commissions  and 
fees,  upon  presentation  of  their  claims,  at  the  end  of 
each  month,  in  the  manner  and  form  ])rovided  for  the 
presentation  of  all  claims  against  the  city. 

§ 13.  That  in  case  of  any  escape  from  the  ATork- 
house  of  any  prisoner  confined  therein  by  pro}>er  judg- 
ment of  Court,  or  other  proper  authority,  the  Keeper 
shall  be  charged  with  the  full  time  of  such  person 


TORPEDOES INTEPvEST  ON  LOTTERY  FUND. 


85 


(except  Sundays),  unless  released  by  the  Council  by  an 
order  made  in  tliat  particular  case  upon  its  merits;  but 
in  no  case  shall  he  be  released  from  i)ayment  of  so 
much  of  said  time  as  may  be  necessary  to  cover  and 
pay  all  costs  and  expenses  in  the  particular  case. 


OK79JAAACE  Ao.  40. 

TORPEDOES. 

g 1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  sell,  give, 
or  have  in  his  possession,  within  the  city,  or  to  throw 
or  deposit  upon  the  street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  in  any 
house,  or  on  any  premises  within  the  city,  any  torpedo 
or  other  self-explosive  thing,  composed,  in  whole  or 
part,  of  powder  or  other  explosive  substance.  Any  per- 
son convicted  of  a violation  of  this  Ordinance,  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  two  dollars  nor  more 
than  twenty  dollars,  or  imprisoned  not  more  than 
twenty-four  hours,  or  both  so  fined  and  imprisoned,  at 
the  discretion  of  the  jury. 


01?DJAAAC15  Ao.  4J. 

INTEREST  ON  LOTTERY  GRANT. 

§ 1.  That  the  City  Clerk  of  the  city,  be,  and  is  here- 
by, directed  to  issue  his  warrant  on  the  Treasurer  in 
favor  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
city  school  for  the  interest  (computed  at  the  rate  of  six 
per  cent,  per  annum),  on  the  first  day  of  January  and 
July  of  each  year,  upon  all  moneys  received  from  the 
Lotterv  Grant. 


Fine  against 
selling,  giving, 
having  or 
throwing  tor- 
pedoes on  the 
street. 


Clerk  to  draw 
w :i  r ]•  a n t on 
Treasurer  i n 
favor  ot  Chair- 
man of  Board 
School  Tiustees 
for  interest  on 
lottery  fund. 


8(5 


I’AUPEHS NUMBERING  HOUSES OWNERS  OF  SWINE, 


Regular  i)aupt  r 
list. 


Meeting  of 
Charity  C o m - 
mittee  to  deter- 
mine applica- 
tion tor  charity. 


AH  houses  and 
places  of  busi- 
ness must  he 
numbered. 


Tickets  e,  f 
weights  m u s t 
be  made  in  ink. 


OHnJNAJSCB  Ao.  42. 

PAUPERS. 

§ 1.  Tluit  all  persons  whose  names  appear  on  the 
regular  pau})er  list,  shall,  during  the  first  week  of  each 
month,  call  on  the  City  Clerk,  at  his  office,  and  the 
Clerk  is  autliorixed  to  draw  his  warrant  on  the  City 
Treasurer  for  five  dollars  in  favor  of  each  pauper  on  the 
list. 

§ 2.  That  when  any  person  noton  the  regular  list  ap- 
plies for  assistance  to  any  member  of  the  committee,  a 
meeting  of  the  committee  shall  be  called  to  determine 
whether  the  ap|)licant  is  worthy  of  charity  or  not. 
Should  the  committee  delermineto  aid  such  person,  the 
committee  shall  draw  an  order  on  the  Clerk  directing 
him  to  issue  his  warrant  in  favor  of  said  person  for  an 
amount  not  exceeding  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents.  No 
member  of  the  committee  shall,  in  any  case,  give  an 
order  for  fuel,  provisions  or  clothing,  and  no  accounts 
given  for  orders  of  this  kind  will  hereafter  be  paid  by 
the  city. 


ORIJi:SA]SCE  Ao.  43. 

NUMBERING  HOUSES. 

§ 1.  That  all  owmers  of  houses,  including  residences 
and  places  of  bu.-iness,  are  required  to  have  such  houses 
or  places  of  husiness  numbered,  such  numbers  to  be 
gold  on  tin  plate,  3|  inches  by  5 inches. 


ORniNANCn  Na.  44. 

OWNERS  OF  SCALES. 

§ 1.  That  all  owners  or  controllers  of  scales  in  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  shall  be,  and 
they  are  hereby,  required  to  widte  their  ticket  of  weights 
in  ink. 


FOR  BEyEFIT  OF  L.  & X.  AND  K.  R.  R.  Co’s. 


87 


§ 2.  Any  person  violating  this  Ordinance  shall  he 
fined  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 


OKOJAMXCB  Ao,  4o. 

FOR  BENEFIT  OF  KENTUCKY  MIDLAND  AND  LOUISVILLE 
& NASHVILLE  RAILROAD  GO’S. 

§ 1.  That  the  right  'and  privileges,  so.  far  as  this  boch^ 
has  power  to  grant  such  right  and  privileges,  is  hereby 
granted  to  the  Louisville  & Nashville  Railroad  Com- 
pany and  the  Kentucky  Midland  Railroad  Company, 
or  either  of  them,  to  construct,  lay  down,  maintain  and 
use  a railroad  track,  witli  suitable  iron  or  steel  rails, 
from  the  switch  yard  of  said  L.  & N.  R,  R.  Co.,  in  the 
cit}^  of  Frankfort,  across  High  street,  through  the  alley 
known  as  Governor’s  alley,  and  across  Ann  street,  into 
the  flouring  milLpremises  of  J.  E.  Miles  & Son. 

§ 2.  That  said  railroad  track  shall  be  constructed, 
laid  down  and  kept  and  m«iintained  by  said  railroad 
companies,  or  either  of  them,  constructing  the  same,  so 
as  not  to  prevent  or  obstruct  the  free  and  customary 
use  of  said  streets  and  alley,  or  to  unreasonably  im- 
pede the  passage  of  persons  or  wagons  or  other  vehi- 
cles through  said  alley  or  along  said  streets,  or  to 
.obstruct  or  interfere  with  the  proper  drainage  of  said 
alley  or  streets,  and  whenever  the  surface  of  said  streets 
or  alley  shall  be  broken  or  disturbed  in  constructing, 
laying  down,  keeping  or  maintaining  said  track,  said 
companies  or  company  constructing  said  track  shall 
repair  and  replace  it  in  as  good  condition  as  before,  and 
keep  the  same  and  said  alley  to  the  full  width  thereof, 
and  the  space  between  the  rails  in  good  repair;  and 
also  keep  the  space  for  not  less  than  six  inches  on 
either  side  of  said  rails,  through  said  alley  and  across 
said  streets,  covered  with  plank  suitable  for  that  pur- 


Penaity,  S5  ttne 


Track  — rrliere 
to  be  placed. 


Track— bow  to 
be  placed. 


88 


KOU  BENEFIT  OF  L.  it  N.  AND  K.  M.  R R.  Co’s. 


Cars  to  be 
drawn  by  horses 
or  mules ; no 
engine  allowed. 


No  steam  en- 
gine allowed  on 
said  track. 


Penalty  for 
steam  engine 
going  on  track. 


pose,  SO  that  the  upper  surface  tliereof  shall  be  on  a 
level  with  the  top  of  the  rails. 

§ 3.  That  when  said  track  is  so  constructed  and  laid 
down,  said  railroafl  companies,  or  either  of  them,  shall 
have  the  right  to  pass  railroad  freight  cars,  to  be  drawn 
by  horses  or  mules  back  and  forth  over  said  tracks  for 
the  pui*})Ose  of  transporting  grain  and  grist,  flour, 
meal,  tkc.,  to  and  from  said  flouring  mill  and  premises 
of  said  J.  E.  Miles  & Son,  and  also  to  and  from  the 
premises  of  other  persons  fronting  upon  said  alley: 
Provided,  hoivever,  That  no  car  shall  ever  be  drawn  or 
propelled  upon  said  track  upon  or  across  said  streets,  or 
either  of  them,  or  into  or  through  said  alley  Ty  a steam 
engine  or  locomotive  or  any  contrivance  involv- 
ing the  use  of  steam, *or  by  any  power  other  than  by 
horses  or  mules;  nor  shall  any  steam  engine  or  loco- 
motive go  on  or  be  permitted  to  go  upon  said  track; 
nor  shall  any  freight  car  be  permitted  to  stand  or  re- 
main upon  said  track  an  unreasonable  length  of  time; 
nor  shall  said  track  or  any  part  thereof  be  used,  at  any 
time,  for  switching  purposes  or  for  shifting  cars  or 
making  up  trains. 

§ 4.  That  if  said  companies,  or  either  of  them,  shall 
cause  or  permit  a steam  engine  or  locomotive  or  any 
contrivance  involving  the  use  of  steam  to  go  upon  said 
track  said  companies,  or  either  cf  them,  so  offending, 
shall  be  fined  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense  and  fifty 
dollars  additional  for  each  ten  minutes  such  engine  or 
locomotive  or  contrivance  is  permitted  to  remain  on 
said  track;  for  permitting  a freight  car  to  stand  or  re- 
main on  said  track  an  unreasonable  length  of  time,  or 
using  said  track  for  switching  or  shifting  cars  or  making 
up  trains,  said  companies,  or  either  of  them,  so  offending, 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than 
twenty  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  five  dollars  addi- 


colorp:d  schools. 


89 


tional  for  each  hour  such  offense  is  continued;  and  for 
failing  to  keep  said  alley  or  the  space  between  the  rails 
in  good  repair,  or  the  space  for  not  less  than  six  inches 
on  either  side  of  the  rails  covered  with  plank  suitable 
for  that  purpose,  and  in  good  repair,  or  obstructing  or 
interferring  with  the  proper  drainage  of  said  alley  or 
streets,  said  companies,  or  either  of  them,  so  offending, 
shall  be  fined  five  dollars  for  each  day  such  failure,  ob- 
struction or  interference  shall  continue  after  notice 
thereof  by  the  City  Marshal  to  such  companies  or  com- 
pany so  offending. 

§ 5.  That  all  fines  herein  provided  for  shall  be  re- 
coverable by  warrant  in  the  name  of  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort in  the  Police  Court: 


Oi?OIXAA^CJ3  Ao.  46. 

COLORED  SCHOOLS. 

Whereas,  by  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  Kentucky,  ap|)roved  May  3d,  1884, 
entitled  : “ An  act  to  authorize  the  Board  of  Council- 
men  of  Frankfort  to  issue  bonds  for  school  purposes,’^ 
it  is  provided  that. 

Whereas,  The  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  is  authorized  by  the  city  charter  to  build, 
purchase  or  procure  any  additir.nal  grounds  or  build- 
ings which  may  be  necessary  for  common  school  pur- 
poses. Therefore,  to  enable  the  Board  of  Councilmen 
to  realize  a fund  sufficient  to  procure  a suitable  building 
and  necessary  fixtures  and  apparatus  for  the  Colored 
Public  School  of  the  city,  the  said  Board  of  Council- 
]iien  may  issue  bonds  of  the  city  to  the  amount  of  ten 
thousand  dollars,  of  the  denomination  of  five  hundred 
dollars  each,  with  coupons  attached,  for  the  payment  of 
interest,  which  interest  mav  be  at  any  rate  per  annum 

7 


Penalty  for  fail- 
ing to  keep  al- 
ley in  good  re- 
pair. 


Fines  recovera- 
ble in  Police 
Court. 


90 


COLORED  SCHOOLS. 


Ten  thousand 
dollars  in  bonds 
may  be  issued 
for  school  build- 
ing and  fixtures 


not  exceeding  six  per  cent.,  and  shall  be  payable  semi- 
annually, to-wit : On  the  first  da}"s  of  January  and  July, 
at  the  Farmers’  Bank  of  Kentucky,  Frankfort,  Ken- 
tucky; said  bonds  to  be  payable  twenty  years  after  date 
at  said  Farmers’  Bank  of  Kentucky.  The  bonds  to  be 
signed  by  the  Mayor,  and  countersigned  by  the  Clerk, 
with  the  corporate  seal  of  the  city  attached,  and  the 
coupons  to  be  signed  by  the  Clerk;  which  said  bonds  so 
issued  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  put  upon  the  market  by  the 
Mayor  and  sold,  and  from  the  sale  thereof  shall  be 
realized  the  said  fund  as  aforesaid  : Provided,  That  the 

said  bonds  shall  not  be  sold  for  a less  sum  than  their 
face  value.  Now,  by  virtue  of  the  power  and  authority 
conferred  by  said  act. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Councihnen  of  the  City 
of  Frankfort: 

1st.  That  twenty  coupon  bonds  of  the  city,  in  denom- 
ination of  five  hundred  dollars  each,  payable  twenty 
years  after  date,  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per 
cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  on  the  first 
days  of  January  and  July  of  each  year,  at  the  Farmers’ 
Bank  of  Kentucky,  at  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  signed  by 
the  Mayor,  with  the  seal  of  the  city  attached,  and 
countersigned  by  the  Clerk,  be  issued  in  conformity  to 
said  act,  for  the  purpose  of  raising  a fund  to  procure  a 
suitable  building  and  necessary  furniture,  fixtures  and 
apparatus  for  the  Colored  Public  School  of  the  cit}L 


COLORED  SCHOOLS. 


91 


2d.  The  form  of  said  bond  shall  be  as  follows  : 

$500.  Building  Fund  Bond.  No. 

FOR  THE  Form  of  bond. 

Frankfort  Public  Colored  School, 

United  States  of  America. 

$500. 

State  of  Kentucky. 

The  Board  of  Coiincilmen  of  the  City  of  Frankfort 
is  indebted  to  the  hearer  in  the  sum  of 
Five  Hundred  Dollars. 

This  bond  is  one  of  a series  of  twenty -of  like 
tenor  and  date,  each  for  the  sum  of  five  hundred 
dollars,  and  numbered  respectively  from  one  to 
twenty,  both  inclusive,  issued  in  accordance  with  an 
act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Kentucky,  approA^ed  Apri^  25th,  1884,  entitled  “An  act 
to  authorize  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  Frankfort  to  . 
issue  bonds  for  school  purposes.”  And  an  Ordinance  of 
the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort, 
adopted  on  the  first  day  of  July,  1884,  and  is  payable 
on  the  first  day  of  July,  1904,  at  the  Farmers’  Bank  of 
Kentucky,  at  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  with  interest  at  the 
rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum  from  the  1st  day  of 
July,  1884,  payable  semi-annually  upon  the  presenta- 
tion and  delivery  of  the  coupons  hereto  annexed,  at  the 
Farmers’  Bank  of  Kentucky,  at  Frankfort,  Kentucky, 
on  the  first  of  January  and  July  of  each  year. 

In  witness  Avhereof,  the  said  Board  of  Councilmen  of 
the  city  of  Frankfort  has  caused  this  bond  to  be  signed 

by  the  Mayor  of  said  city,  and  its  corporate  seal  affixed, 
and  has  also  caused  the  coupons  thereto  attached  to  be 
signed  by  its  Clerk  at  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  this 


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COLORED  SCHOOLS. 


day  of , one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eighty- 

four. 

Mayor. 

Clerk. 

And  the  form  of  the  coupons  shall  be  as  follows  : 

^ , $15.  Building  Fund  Bond.  $15. 

Form  of  cou- 
pon. 

FOR  THE 

Frankfort  Public  Colored  School. 

The  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort 
will  pay  to  bearer  fifteen  dollars  on  the  1st  da}  of 

, at  Farmers’  Bank  of  Kentucky,  in  said  city,  it 

being  six  months’  interest  on  bond  No.  , 1884, 

Clerk. 

3d.  Said  bonds  may  by  registered  by  the  owners 
registered.  thereof,  ill  the  manner  and  upon  the  terms  set  out  in 
following  form,  to  be  endorsed  on  each  of  said  bonds: 

This  bond  may  be  registered  in  the  owner’s  name  on 
the  books  of  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  and,  when  so  registered,  no  transfer  thereof 
shall  be  valid  unless  made  on  the  books  of  said  Board 
of  Councilmen,  by  the  registered  owner  thereof,  and 
noted  by  its  Clerk  on  this  bond.  Provided,  That  the 
same  may  be  discharged  from  registry  by  being  trans- 
ferred to  bearer,  after  which  it  may  be  transferred  by 
deliweryj  until  again  registered  as  before.  Such  regis- 
try shall  not  restrain  the  negotiability  of  the  coupon  by 
delivery  merely,  but  the  coupons  may  be  surrendered 
and  the  interest  made  payable  to  the  registered  owner 
of  the  bond. 

Transfer  of  this  Bond. 

Date . Transferred  by . Transferred 

to . Residing  at . Noted  for  the  B. 

C. . 


SEWER  BONDS BRIDGE  BONDS. 


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4tli.  Said  books,  being  exempt  by  the  act  autliorizing 
their  issue  from  taxation  by  the  city  of  Frankfort,  the 
following  memorandum  will  be  endorsed  on  each  of 
them,  to-wit : This  bond,  by  the  act  of  the  General  As- 
sembly of  the  Commonwealth  of  Kentucky  authorizing 
its  issue,  is  exempted  from  taxation  by  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  for  city  purposes. 


ORDINA.JSCB  Ao.  4 7, 

SEWER  BONDS. 

That  the  twenty-year  five  per  cent,  bonds  of  the  city 
of  Frankfort,  authorized  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  Commonwealth  of  Kentucky,  by  act  of  date  May 
18,  1886,  in  the  amount  of  $10,000,  for  sewer  purposes, 
be  sold  at  par,  and  accrued  interest  from  July  1, 
1887,  and  the  Mayor  is  hereby  empowered  to  make 
such  sale. 


O/^OIAAXCJS  Ao.  48. 

BRIDGE  BONDS. 

' § 1.  That  the  bonds  of  the  city,  authorized  to  be 
issued  for  the  purchase  of  the  South  Frankfort  bridge, 
by  act  of  the  Legislature,  approved  April  24,  1880,  be, 
and  the  same  are  noV,  executed  and  issued  by  the 
Council,  in  thirty-eight  bonds  of  five  hundred  dol- 
lars each,  bearing  six  per  cent,  interest  per  annum, 
payable  semi-annually,  on  the  first  Mondays  in  January 
and  July,  respectively,  on  coupons  attached  thereto,  the 
bonds  payable  in  twenty  years  from  date,  in  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  and  the  city  reserving  the  right  to  redeem 
any  or  all  of  said  bonds,  after  the  lapse  of  five  years, 
and  that  said  bonds  be,  and  the  same  are,  marked  “B,” 
and  numbered  from  No.  1 to  38,  inclusive. 


Exempt  from 
city  taxation. 


Mayor  to  sell  at 
pfu’  and  accru- 
ed interest. 


Bonds  executed 
and  issued. 


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FUNDING  BONDS EXTENDING  CLINTON  STREET. 


Bonds  to  com- 
p 1 e t e water- 
works executed 
and  issued. 


r^enalty  for 
hauling  loads  of 
more  than  five 
tons  overbridge 


49. 

FUNDING  BONDS. 

§ 1.  That  the  bonds  of  the  city,  autliorized  to  be 
issued  for  funding  tlie  city  debt  and  completing  the  im- 
provement of  the  water-works,  by  act  of  the  Legisla* 
ture,  approved  March  16,  1880,  be,  and  the  same  are 
now,  executed  and  issued  by  the  Council  in  thirty-five 
bonds,  of  one  thousand  dollars  each,  payable  in  the 
city  of  Frankfort  twenty  years  from  date,  and  bearing 
six  per  cent,  interest  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually 
on  the  first  Mondays  in  January  and  July,  respect- 
ively, at  the  Farmers’  Bank  of  Kentucky,  in  Frank- 
fort, on  coupons  thereto  attached,  and  that  said  bonds 
be,  and  the  same  are,  marked  “A,”  and  numbered  from 
No.  39  to  No.  73,  inclusive. 


OHDi:SANCB  Ao.  50. 

§ 1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons,  firm  or  corporations,  owning  wagons  or  ve- 
hicles of  any  description,  to  haul  loads  over  the  bridge 
in  excess  of  five  tons  weight.  Any  person,  persons, 
firm  or  corporations  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Or- 
dinance, shall  be  fined  for  each  offense  not  less  than 
twenty-five  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

§ 2.  All  violations  of  this  Ordinance  shall  be  tried 
before  the  Police  Judge  of  the  City  of  Frankfort. 


OKOZAAACJS  No.  51. 

EXTENDING  CLINTON  STREET. 

§ 1.  AVhereas,  the  public  convenience  and. business 
requires  and  demands  that  a street  shall  be  opened  in 
extension  of  Clinton  street,  to  the  eastern  houndary  of 
the  colored  j-ublic  school  lot;  and,  whereas,  the  Ken- 
tucky Midland  Railway  Company,  whose  property 


EXTENDING  CLINTON  STREET. 


95 


abuts  on  said  proposed  extension,  is  willing  and  de- 
sirous that  such  extension  should  he  made,  and  agrees, 
in  the  event  thereof,  that  it  will  grade  and  macademize 
so  much  thereof  as  passes  through  the  said  school  lot,  and 
pay  to  the  trustees  of  the  public  schools  of  this  city,  for 
the  benefit  of  said  colored  school,  one  hundred  dollars, 
and  remove  the  present  fence  between  its  grounds  and 
said  school  lot,  to  the  south  side  of  said  lot,  as  it  will  be 
after  the  extension;  now  therefore. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  City 
of  Frankfort  : 

§ 1.  That  the  Kentucky  Midland  Railway  Company 
be,  and  it  is  hereby,  autliorized  to  remove  the  fence 
between  its  property  and  the  colored  public  school 
lot,  on  ’^he  south  side  of  the  latter  to  a line  running 
through  said  school  lot  parallel  to,  and  six  feet  distant 
from,  the  southern  wall  of  the  colored  school  building, 
from  the  western  boundary  of  said  lot,  until  the  said 
line  strikes  the  present  property  of  said  railway  com- 
pany, and  to  pay  to  the  trustees  of  the  public  schools, 
for  the  benefit  of  the  colored  public  schools,  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  dollars. 

§ 2.  That  upon  the  removal  of  said  fence,  and  the 
payment  of  said  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  by  the 
said  railway  company,  Clinton  street  in  the  city  of 
Frankfort  be,  and  the  same  is,  extended  and  opened  as 
a i)ublic  street  of  said  city  along  and  over  all  that  por- 
tion of  ground  lying  between  a line  run  through  the 
colored  public  school  lot,  parallel  to,  and  six  feet  dis- 
tant from,  the  south  wall  of  the  colored  school  building 
and  the  present  grounds  of  the  Kentucky  Midland 
Railway  Company  ; and  the  said  railway  company  is 
authorized  and  required,  in  a reasonable  time  after  the 
passage  of  this  Ordinance,  to  grade  and  macadamize 
said  extension. 


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SINKING  FUND. 


Funds  set  apart 
for  Sinking 
Fund. 


Shall  only  be 
used  to  pay  in- 
terest or  princi- 
pal of  city  debts 


Sinking  Fund 
Committee  t o 
direct  expendi- 
tme. 


Amended. 


Limited  to  $5,- 
000. 


Clerk  and 
Treasurer  t o 
keep  separate 
account  of,  and 
report. 


Money  of  Sink- 
ing Fund,  on 
what  authority 
warrants  are  is- 
sued. 


Ol? 73  JA"  A A C73  Ao.  ^2. 

SINKING  FUND. 

§ 1.  Ten  per  cent,  of  the  net  amount  of  all  taxes  and 
revenues  derived  to  tln^  city,  from  all  sources,  is  hereby 
set  apart  and  constituted  a Sinking  Fund,  which  shall 
be  appropriated  only  in  pavunent  of  the  interest  or 
principal  of  the  bonded  debt  of  the  city. 

§ 2.  The  Mayor  and  Finance  Committee  shall  consti- 
tute the  Sinking  Fund  Committee,  and  may  direct  the 
use  of  the  moneys  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  such  pur- 
pose, either  by  the  payment  of  interest  and  principal 
of  such  bonds,  when  due,  or  the  purchccse  of  the  same 
when  not  due,  if  the  same  can  be  procured  at  rates 
deemed  reasonable:  Provided,  No  amount  greater  than 

five  thousand  dollars  shall  be  appropriated  by  them  in 
any  one  month  without  the  order  of  the  Council. 

§ 3.  The  Clerk  and  Treasurer  shall  keep  separate  and 
accurate  accounts  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of 
the  Sinking  Fund,  and  shall  report  at  least  annually, 
and  whenever  required  so  to  do  by  the  Mayor  or  the 
Board  of  Councilmen. 

§ 4.  The  Clerk  shall  issue  no  warrant  for  money 
payable  out  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  an  amount  greater 
than  five  thousand  dollars,  without  so  ordered  by  the 
Board  of  Council,  and  entered  upon  their  recorded  pro- 
ceedings, nor  for  any  less  sum,  unless  ordered  by  the 
Council  as  aforesaid,  or  in  writing  by  the  Sinking  Fund 
Committee,  which  order  shall  state  the  amount  for 
which,  the  person  to  whom,  and  the  purpose  for  which 
the  w^arrant  shall  issue,  and  shall  be  carefully  filed  and 
preserved  by  the  Clerk. 

See  CLERK  and  TREASURER. 


CRIMES  AND  PUNISHMENTS. 


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business  in  the  oity  of  Frankfort,  who  shall  sell  or  offer 
for  sale  cigarettes  or  any  other  similar  preparation  of 
tobacco,  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  penalties  as  are 
now  provided  for  by  Ordinance  against  persons  doing 
business  without  license. 

III.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal  and 
other  police  officers  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  to  report 
all  infractions  of  this  ordinance  to  the  proper  authori- 
ties. 

IV.  This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  January  1,  1889. 

§ 44.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  or 
owners  of  swine,  of  any  age,  to  permit  the  same  to  run 
at  large  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and 
the  owner  or  owners  of  any  swine,  who  permits  the  same 
to  run  at  large  within  said  city,  shall,  upon  conviction 
thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more 
than  ten  dollars,  for  each  swine  so  permitted  to  run  at 
large. 

I.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal,  his  Dep- 
uty, or  any  Policeman  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  to  take 
up  and  impound,  in  a place  provided  for  that  purpose, 
any  swine  so  running  at  large  in  said  city,  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  said  Marshal  to  advertise  any  swine  so 
impounded,  for  the  space  of  ten  days,  by  posting  at 
four  public  places  in  said  city,  a written  or  printed  copy 
of  each  advertisement,  such  advertisement  to  contain 
a description,  as  nearly  as  it  can  be  well  given,  of  the 
age,  color  and  ear  marks  (if  there  be  any)  of  such 
swine  and  time  of  sale. 

II.  The  owner  or  owners  of  any  swine  impounded, 
as  provided  in  subsection  1,  may  reclaim  same  any 
time  within  ten  days  by  proving  property  and  paying 
all  costs  and  expenses  for  taking  up  and  keeping  said 
swine. 

3 


Unlawful  for 
swine  to  rmi  at 
large. 


Duties  of  Mar- 
shal in  regard 
thereto. 


How  owners 
may  reclaim 
same. 


34 


(J1^I^^ICS  AND  rUNISHMENTS. 


Property  must 
be  valued  be- 
fore sales. 


Sales  to  be  pub- 
lic at  the  City 
Pound. 


Marshal  to 
keep  record  of 
swine  i in- 
pounded. 


Unlawful  to  dis- 
charge air-gun, 
gum-sling,  &c. 


TIL  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  to  sell  all 
swine  not  reclaimed  as  provided  in  subsection  2,  and 
all  moneys  resulting  from  such  sales  shall  be  paid  inta 
the  City  d'reasur}^,  and  the  owner  or  owners  of  such 
swine  so  sold  may,  within  one  year  next  after  such  sale,, 
demand  and  have  paid  back  to  him  or  them,  all  of  the 
proceeds  of  such  sales,  after  deducting  all  the  costs  of 
such  taking  up  and  keeping  and  impounding,  advertis- 
ing and  selling,  said  cost  to  include  a fee  of  one  dollar 
to  the  officer  so  impounding,  advertising  and  selling. 

IV.  Before  any  sale  or  sales  are  made  under  this  Or- 
dinance, the  property  to  be  sold  must  be  valued  by  two 
house-keepers,  who  shall  be  first  sworn  by  some  officer, 
authorized  to  administer  an  oath,  that  they  will  faith- 
fullv  discharge  their  duties  as  appraisers,  said  apprais- 
ers to  be  selected  by  the  officer  making  the  sale. 

V.  All  sales  made  under  this  Ordinance  shall  be 
made  at  the  city  pound,  by  public  crying  or  auctioneer- 
ing such  property  off  to  the  highest  and  best  bidder,  for 
cash. 

VI.  The  Marshal  shall  keep  a thorough  and  Gomplete 
record  of  all  swine  impounded  under  this  Ordinance,, 
together  with  all  costs  and  expenses  incured  by  adver- 
tising, reclaiming  and  selling,  and  file  his  report 
monthly  with  the  City  Clerk. 

VII.  All  Ordinances  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby 
repealed. 

VIII.  This  Ordinance  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

§ 45.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  use 
or  discharge  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Frankfort 
any  air  gun,  gum-sling  or  any  other  contrivance  where- 
by the  person  or  property  of  any  citizen  may  be  in- 
jured or  defaced,  and  any  person  so  offending,  shall  bo 


REMISSION  OF  FINES SCHOOLS. 


subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  tlian  one  dollar,  nor  more 
than  five  dollars. 

It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  and  other  peace 
officers  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  to  see  that  this  ordi- 
nance is  enforced. 


ORDINANCB  Ao.  J2. 

REMISSION  OF  FINES. 

§ 1.  That  hereafter  all  petitions  for  remission  of  fines 
shall  he  considered  in  open  Council;  but  a special 
me^^ting  to  consider  such  petition  may  be  called  at  any 
time  by  the  Mayor  upon  the  petition  of  three  Coun- 
cilmen. 


ORDINANCB  No,  13. 

§ 1.  Any  person  desiring  to  open  a school  within  the 
limits  of  the  city,  for  the  purpose  of  teaching  colored 
persons,  shall  first  apply  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Board 
of  School  Trustees  for  the  city,  or  to  such  person  as 
said  Trustee,  may  have  designated  as  an  examiner  of 
teachers,  and  produce  satisfactory  evidence  of  good 
moral  character,  and  of  qualification  to  teach  spelling, 
reading  and  writing;  w^hereupon,  said  chairman  or 
examiner  shall  give  such  applicant  a certificate  in 
writing,  which  shall  be  an  authority  to  teach  such 
school.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  fined  twenty-five  dollars. 

§ 2.  That  the  ordinary  revenue  raised  by  taxation 
upon  the  real  and  personal  estate  of  the  colored  citizens 
of  Frankfort,  and  the  poll-tax  collected'  from  them,  be, 
and  the  same  are  hereby,  set  apart  and  appropriated  to 
the  establishment  of  a colored  graded  school,  to  be 
under  the  supervision  and  control  of  the  Board  of 


36 


ELECTIOTS. 


School  Trustees  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  the  Clerk 
is  directed  to  keep  a separate  account  of  said  fund,  and 
to  pay  the  same  to  the  Chairman  of  the  said  School 
Trustees  whenever  said  Board  of  Trustees  shall  give 
him  official  information  of  the  organization  of  a colored 
graded  school,  and  that  said  fund  is  ready  for  use. 
This  includes  an  appropriation  of  the  said  fund 
for  1878. 


ORDINA.NCB  No.  14. 

ELECTIONS. 

§ 1.  That  all  that  part  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  which 
lies  north  of  the  Louisville,  Cincinnati  and  Lexington 
Railroad,  which  passes  through  Market  or  Broadway 
street,  and  the  lot  on  the  south  side  of  said  street  on 
which  the  city  market-house  stands,  shall  be  voting 
precinct  No.  1. 

§ 2.  That  all  the  remainder  of  that  part  of  said  city, 
which  lies  on  the  north  side  of  the  Kentucky  river, 
shall  be  voting  precinct  No.  2. 

§ 3.  That  all  that  part  of  said  city  which  lies  on  the 
south  side  of  the  Kentucky  river,  and  known  as  South 
Frankfort,  shall  be  voting  precinct  No.  3. 

§ 4.  That  in  all  elections  for  city  officers  for  the  city, 
a poll  shall  be  opened  and  held  as  provided  by  law  in 
each  of  said  three  precincts,  to-wit  : In  precinct  No.  1 
at  the  market-house  ; in  precinct  No.  2 at  the  court- 
house ; in  precinct  No.  3 at  the  building  on  the  north- 
west corner  of  Second  and  Shelby  streets. 

§ 5.  The  Council  shall  elect  the  various  officers 
Sr^counMi  provided  for  by  law  or  Ordinance  at  the  first  regular 
after Tnriual  meeting  thereof  after  the  annual  election  of  Council- 

election. 

men  : Provided,  That  if,  from  an}^  cause,  the  Council 
fail  to  elect  said  officers,  or  any  of  them,  at  said 


Proviso. 


BUILDINGS. 


37 


meuting,  the  election  may  be  made  at  any  subsequent 
meeting  ; and  all  incumbents  shall  remain  in  office 
until  their  successors  sliall  be  elected  and  qualified. 


ORDINAKCn  No.  15. 

§ 1.  All  hearths  shall  be  built  on  cast  iron,  stone 
or  brick  arches  ; when  the  back  of  the  fire  place 
exceeds  three  feet  in  width,  the  hearths  shall  extend 
at  least  twenty  inches  in  front  of  the  jambs  ; and  when 
the  fire-place  is  of  less  width  than  three  feet,  the 
hearth  shall  extend  not  less  than  sixteen  inches  in 
front  of  the  jambs. 

I.  A tight  or  close  stove  shall  have  undei  it  a plat- 
form of  stone,  brick,  earth  or  metal,  extending  at  least 
twelve  inches  beyond  all  parts  of  the  plate,  in  bont  of 
the  fire-door. 

II.  Persons  using  stoves  shall  be  required  to  con- 

struct good  and  safe  brick  or  stone  flues,  into  which 
the  pipe  shall  enter,  and  no  stove-pipe  sliall  hereafter 
pass  through 'the  floor,  wood  partition,  roof  or  side  of 
any  house.  . , 

III.  Any  person  who  shall  violate,  or  fail  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  five,  nor  more  than  pen  'dollars  for  each 
offense.  Each  twenty-four  hours  of  failure  to  comply 
with  any  one  of  the  requirements  shall  be,  held  and 
deemed  a separate  offense. 

§ 2.  No  wood  or  frame  building  shall  be  erected 
within  the  limits  of  the  city,  without  an  order  permit- 
ting the  same  shall  have  first  been  made  by  the 
Council..  All  applicants  for  permission  to  erect  such 
building  within  the  city  shall  publish  the  intention  of 
making  such  application  for  at  least  two  weeks  previ- 
ously ; or  shall  give  personal  notice  of  such  intended 


Hearths. 


Stoves. 


Pipes. 


Penalty. 


Consent  of 
Council  neces- 
sary before  the 
erection  of 
wooden  build- 
ings. 


Application  to 
erect  to  be  pub- 
lished, or  shall 
give  personal 
notice  to  par- 
ties owning 
property  within 
300  feet. 


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PonCE  PAY-ROLL. 


Penalty,  fl  n e 
$20. 


Wooden  build- 
ings erected 
without  coi^ 
sent  of  Board 
may  be  abated 
as  nuisance. 


api)lication  totlic  owners,  or  tlieir  agent,  of  all  contiguous 
property,  and  to  the  owners,  or  their  agent,  of  all  build- 
ings or  grounds  within  300  feet  of  such  contemplated 
improvement,  and  shall  accompany  such  application 
with  evidence  that  the  notice  has  been  given,  or  publica- 
tion made,  as  required  herein.  Any  person  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  lined  for  each  offense 
twenty  dollars,  and  the  continuance  of  any  such  building 
for  each  ten  days  after  its  erection,  without  the  permit 
heretofore  required,  shall  constitute  a separate  offense 
under  this  Ordinance  ; and  any  wooden  building 
erected  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  without  the  per- 
mission of  the  Council,  may,  on  motion  of  any  person 
aggrieved,  or,  if  deemed  dangerous  to  the  safety  of 
public  or  private  property,  be  condemned  and  abated 
as  a nuisance. 


OitTO/AAACB  Na.  16, 

§ 1.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police, 
on  the  last  day  of  each  month,  to  prepare  a pay-roll  of 
the  entire  force  under  his  command,  which  shall  in- 
clude substitutes  and  extra  patrolmen,  when  ordered 
by  the  Mayor,  in  form  as  follows  : 

City  of  Frankfort. 

To Chief  of  Police  for  pay-roll 

of  department  for 18 . 


NAMES 

POSITION. 

AMOUNT. 

RECEIVED  WITH  AM’t. 

Examined  and  found  correct. 


■Chief  of  Police. 


Approved, 


Allowed, 


— City  Clerk. 


—Mayor. 

Received  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  $ in 

full  of  pay-roll  for  Police  Department  for  the  month 

of 18 , this day  of 18 . 

Chief  of  Police. 


HEALTH. 


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When  said  pay-roll  has  been  prepared,  certified  as 
correct  by  the  Chief  of  Police  and  City  (derk,  and  al- 
lowed by  the  Mayor,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City 
Clerk  to  issue  his  warrant  on  the  Treasurer  for  the 
amount  of  said  pay-roll,  in  favor  of  the  Chief  of 
Police,  who  shall  immediately  pay  said  force,  take 
their  receipts  for  the  payments  so  made  on  said  pay- 
roll, under  heading  “Receipt,’’  and  return  the  pay-roll 
to  the  City  Clerk  on  the. day  of  payment. 

§ 2.  The  foregoing  section  shall  be  applicable  to  the 
Fire  Department  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  to  the 
paupers  of  the  city,  on  what  is  known  as  the  “regular 
pauper  list,”  with  this  exception,  that  the  warrant  to 
pay  the  Fire  Department  shall  be  made  payable  to  the 
Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  and  the  warrant  to  pay 
the  paupers  shall  be  issued  and  made  payable  to  the 
City  Treasurer.  The  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department 
sljall  prepare  the  pa}"-roll  for  the  Fire  Department,  and 
the  Clerk  shall  prepare  the  pay-roll  for  the  “regular 
pauper  list,”  and  the  same  form  of  pay-roll  shall  be 
used  for  all  departments. 


ORDINANCE  No.  17. 

HEALTH. 

HEALTH  OFFICER. 

§ 1.  I.  The  Health  Officer  of  the  city  shall  be  a prac- 
ticing  physician,  of  good  standing  in  his  profession,  Health  om- 
Tesident  in  the  city;  he  shall,  upon  entering  upon  the 
discharge  of  his  official  duties,  take  an  oath  before  the 
Police  Judge,  or  some  officer  authorized  to  administer 
oaths,  that  he  will  faithfully  perform,  to  the  liest  of  his 
ability,  all  duties  required  of  him  by  the  Ordinances  or 
Orders  of  the  Board. 


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HEALTH. 


His  duty  to  in- 
spect city  quar- 
terly, and  cause 
a 1 1 nuisances 
and  unhealthy 
matter  to  he 
removed. 


To  notify  own- 
er of  property 
on  which  a 
nuisance  may 
exist. 


Person  failing 
to  comply  wUn 
notice  of  tne 
Health  Officer, 
to  be  reported 
to  the  Police 
Judge,  who 
shall  hear  t.  e 
case  and  enter 
judgment. 


II.  He  shall,  at  least  quarterly,  and  oftener  if  ii'^c- 
essary,  make  a careful  and  thorough  personal  inspec- 
tion of  all  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  commons  and  premises 
within  the  limits  of  the  city;  and  if  he  find  thereon  or 
therein  anything  existing,  permitted  or  done,  contrary 
to  any  Ordinance  or  Sanitary  Regulation  ot  the  city,  or 
prejudicial  to  health  or  being,  or  tending  to  become  a 
nuisance,  he  shall,  if  within  any  street,  alley  or  on  any 
public  grounds,  notify  the  City  Marshal,  who  shall 
promptl}"  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  at  the  cost  of 
the  city;  and  if  upon  tlie  private  property  or  premises 
of  an  individual,  he  shall  make  out,  in  writing,  a notice 
to  the  owner  or  his  agent,  or  the  occupant  of  such 
premises,  setting  forth  tlie  location  and  character  of  the 
offensive  or  unhealthy  matter,  and  requiring  its  re- 
moval within  two  days,  which  notice  the  Marshal  shall 
promptly  execute  by  delivering  to  such  owner  or  occu- 
pant a copy  thereof,  and  shall  return  the  original,  with 
the  time  and  manner  of  service  indorsed  thereon,  to 
the  Police  Judge. 

III.  If  such  owner,  or  his  agent  or  occupant,  for  two 
days  fail  or  refuse  to  comply  with  the  requisitions  of 
such  notice  so  served  on  him,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Health  Officer  or  ^Marshal  to  report  the  fact  to  the 
Police  Judge,  in  writing,,  whereupon  said  Police  Judge 
shall  forthwith  issue  a summons  against  such  party, 
requiring  him  to  appear  and  show  cause  why  the 
requirements  in  the  notice  of  the  Plealth  Officer  shall 
not  be  enforced.  Upon  the  return  of  the  summons 
executed,  the  Police  Judge  shall;  at  the  time  desig- 
nated therein,  hear  and  determine  the  question;  and  if 
he  deem  the  requirements  of  the  Health  Officer  reason- 
able and  necessary,  he  ^hall  so  adjudge,  and  enter  of 
record  an  order  directiiig  the  Marshal  of  the  city  to 
cause  such  offensive  or  unhealthy  matter  to  he  removed. 


HEALTH. 


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or  such  nuisance  to  be  abated,  with  all  convenient 
dispatch,  and  at  a reasonable  and  proper  cost,  which 
shall  be  reported  to  said  Police  Judge,  and  shall,  when 
approved  and  entered  of  record  by  him,  together  with 
a fee  of  one  dollar  to  the  Police  Judge,  and  a reasonable 
allowance  to  the  Marshal,  to  be  allowed  by  said  Judge, 
become  a charge  upon  said  premises,  and  shall  be 
forthwith  listed  with  the  Marshal  for  collection,  in  the 
same  manner  as  taxes  are  listed  and  collected.  The 
Police  Judge  shall  take  the  receipt  of  the  Marshal  for 
such  list,  and  file  the  same  with  the  Clerk,  who  shall 
charge  it  against  the  Marshal  as  other  tax  lists. 

IV.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Health  Officer  to  see 
that  all  cellars  are  kept  dry  and  well  aired;  all  lots  free 
from  standing  water,  putrefying  matter,  and  all  other 
nauseous,  offensive,  or  unhealthy  things;  and  that  all 
privies  are  supplied  with  pits  of  suitable  depth,  and 
kept  properly  disinfected;  and  he  may,  at  any  time, 
require  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  }>roperty  to  have 
any  cellar,  pit  or  lot  cleansed,  drained  or  sprinkled 
with  lime  or  otherwise  disinfected.  The  owner  or 
occupant  of  any  premises,  who  shall  fail  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance,  within  a reason- 
able time  after  being  required  b\  the  Health  Officer  so 
to  do,  may  be  fined  not  exceeding  five  dollars  for  each 
twenty-four  hours  of  such  failure,  to  be  recovered  upon 
warrant  before  the  Police  Judge. 

V.  The  Health  Officer,  in  the  discharge  of  his  official 
duties,  shall  have  the  right,  at  any  time,  to  enter  upon 
any  premises,  public  or  private,  within  the  city,  and  to 
examine  and  inspect  any  portion  thereof ; and  any 
person  hindering  or  resisting  him  in  the  discharge  of 
his  duties  shall  be  fined  ten  dollars  for  each  offense,  to 
le  recovered  by  warrant  before  the  Police  Judge. 


Costs  a charge 
o n premises, 
collectable  a s 
taxes. 


Cellars  and  lots 
to  be  kept  dry 
and  clean. 


Privies  proper 
depth  and  dis- 
infected. 


Penalty  for  fail- 
ing to  comj'ly 
with  Health  Or- 
dinance. 


Health  Officer 
has  a right  to 
enter  private 
premises. 


Penalty  for  re- 
sisting. 


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IirCAI/l'H. 


Shall  report. 


Shall  vacc  nate 
the  poor. 


Shall  treat  city 
paupers. 


Sah  ry. 


Contagious  d'g- 
eases. 


Penalty. 


Houses  in 
which  there  is 
small-pox  to  be 
placarded. 


VI.  Me  shall  at  least  quarterly,  and  oftener  if  deemed 
necessary  hy  him,  or  reijuired  hy  the  Board,  report  to 
the  Council,  in  writing,  the  sanitary  condition  of  the 
city,  accompanied  with  such  recommendations  as  he 
may  deem  necessary  to  preserve  or  promote  the  health 
of  the  city. 

VII.  He  shall,  with  fresh  and  healthy  matter,  vacci- 

nate all  poor  and  indigent  persons  within  the  city  who 
may  apf)ly  to  him,  free  of  charge:  Provided,  That  for 

the  necessary  sum  expended  by  him  for  vaccine  matter, 
thus  used  upon  the  poor,  he  shall  he  re-imhursed  from 
the  Cit}^  Treasury;  upon  the  presentation  of  a statement 
of  the  cost  of  such  matter  so  used,  duly  certified  by 
him,  the  Clerk  shall  issue  his  warrant  upon  the  Treas- 
urer for  the  payment  tliereof. 

AHII.  He  shall  attend  and  treat  in  sickness  all  paupers 
and  indigent  persons  within  the  city,  whose  support  is 
a charge  upon  the  city,  rendering  them  such  attention, 
and  administering  such  medicine  as  the  case  may 
require,  free  of  charge. 

IX.  He  shall  receive  an  annual  salary  of  five  hundred 
dollars,  payable  quarterly  out  of  the  City  Treasury. 

CONTAGIOUS  DISEASES. 

§ 2.  Any  person  who  shall  knowingly  introduce,  or 
aid  in  introducing  into  the  city,  any  contagious  disease, 
or  who,  knowing  another  to  be  laboring  under  such 
disease,  in  the  city,  shall  fail,  within  twelve  hours,  to 
inform  the  Mayor,  Marshal  or  Health  Officer  thereof, 
shall  be  fined  ten  dollars  for  each  offense,  recoverable 
by  warrant  before  the  Police  Judge. 

SMALL-POX. 

§ 3.  I.  So  soon  as  a case  of  small-pox  shall  be  known 
to  exist  at  any  house  within  the  city,  the  occuj)ant  and 
proprietor  of  such  house  shall  put  a placard  thereon, 


DUTY  OF  CLEIUn^MEN  AND  PHYSICIANS. 


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ill  large  letters,  in  a conspicuous  place,  with  the 
words Small-pox,”  as  a warning  to  the  public. 

II.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal,  and 
each  of  the  Watchmen  of  the  city,  in  any  case  of 
neglect  by  the  parties,  to  place  placards  on  any  house 
in  which  small-pox  may  exist  within  the  city,  to  place 
them  there  immediately,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Health  Officer. 

III.  Any  person  within  the  city  who  shall  knowingly 
go,  or  send  a child,  servant  or  other  person  under  his 
control,  from  within  a house  in  which  small-pox  exists 
into  any  public  place  within  the  city,  or  to  another 
person’s  house,  or  to  church,  or  school,  where  they 
shall  come  into  the  presence  of  other  persons,  shall  be 
liable  to  a fine  of  ten  dollars  for  each  offense,  recover- 
able by  warrant  before  the  Police  Judge. 


OKDJA^AACB  Ao.  18. 

§ 1.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  clergymen  or 
other  persons  who  shall  hereafter  celebrate  or  perform 
the  marriage  ceremony,  within  the  limits  of  the  city, 
to  keep  a registry  of  all  marriages  celebrated  by  them, 
showing  the  names,  ages,  residence  and  place  of  birth 
of  the  persons  married,  whether  they  were  single  or 
widowed,  and  the  time  of  marriage. 

§ 2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  physicians,  surgeons 
and  midwives  to  keep  a registry  of  all  births  and 
deaths  at  which  they  hnve  professionally  attended, 
showing,  in  cases  of  birth,  the  time  and  place  of  birth, 
name  of  the  fatlier,  and  maiden  name  of  the  mother, 
and  their  residence,  sex  and  color  of  the  child,  together 
with  its  name,  if  it  shall  receive  one,  and  whether  it 
was  born  alive  or  dead,  and  showing,  in  cases  of  death, 
the  time,  place  and  cause  of  death,  the  name,  age,  sex, 


Marshal  a n d 
Watcimieri  to 
])lace  placards 
oa  houses. 


for  groin  2: 
into  public 
place  or  private 
house  from 
sniall-pox. 


Duty  of  clergy- 
men to  keep 
record  of  all 
marriages  per- 
+■  0 r m e d b y 
them. 


Duty  of  physi- 
ciai  s in  regard 
to  births  and 
deaths. 


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INSPECTION. 


Shall  deposit 
with  C.erk  on^’e 
a monf'-'  a copy 
of  registry. 


C'erk  to  cause 
blinks  to  be 
printed. 


Punishment  for 
not  obeying. 


Inspector  of 
oils. 


color  and  condition  (whether  single  or  married  or 
widowed),  name  and  surname  of  parents,  occupation, 
residence  and  place  of  birth  of  the  deceased.  Provided 
further,  Tlnit  when  two  or  more  physicians,  surgeons 
or  mid  wives  may  have  attended  professionally  at  any 
birth  or  death,  that  physician,  surgeon  or  midwife  who 
is  oldest  in  attendance  slnill  make  the  registry. 

§ 3.  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  clergyman,  physician, 
&c.,  above  named  to  deposit  in  the  City  Clerk’s  office, 
on  or  before  the  last  day  of  each  month  in  every  year, 
the  said  registry,  or  a copy  thereof,  embracing  the 
period  of  one  month  preceding  the  time  of  deposit, 
and  ihe  Clerk  shall  deliver  copies  of  the  same  to  the 
Health  Officer. 

§ 4.  The  Clerk  shall  cause  to  be  printed  suitable 
blanks  for  the  use  of  clergymen,  physicians,  &c.,  with 
separate  columns  for  each  of  the  items  of  information 
hercdn  required,  and  furnish  a sufficient  number  of 
said  blanks  to  each  clergyman,  physician,  &c.,  in  the 
co-’pcrate  limits. 

§ 5 Any  person  failing  to  discharge  and  perform 
any  of  the  acts  or  duties  herein  imposed  and  required 
to  be  done,  shall,  for  every  such  failure,  be  fined  in  a 
sum  not  less  than  five  nor  moi’e  than  twenty  dollars,  to 
be  recovered  by  warrant  before  the  Police  Judge  of 
the  city  of  Frankfort. 


ORUIN.\NCB  2Vo.  19. 

INSPECTION. 

§ 1.  The  City  Council  shall  annually,  at  the  January 
meeting,  appoint  an  ‘inspector  of  0:1s,”  who  shall 
take  the  usual  oath  of  office,  and  hold  his  office 
until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  qualified,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  insj)ect,  pursuant  to  the  provisions 


LICENSES. 


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of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kentucky,  all  hydro-carbon 
oils,  or  oils  made  from  coal,  petroleum  or  well  oil,  or 
other  oils  intended  for  illuminating  purposes,  which 
may  be  sold  within  the  city. 

§ 2.  The  quality  of  said  oils  shall  be  tested  by  the 
application  of  heat.  Any  oil  that  will,  at  a less  tem- 
perature than  one  hundred  and  fifty  degrees,  Fahren- 
heit’s thermometer,  give  out  or  produce  an  explosive 
vapor,  shall  be  deemed  unsafe,  and  the  cask,  or  other 
package  containing  the  same,  shall  be  so  marked 
by  the  Inspector;  otherwise  it  shall  be  marked  “safe.” 

§ 3.  Whoever  shall,  within  the  city,  sell,  or  offer  to 
sell,  any  such  oil  for  illuminating  purposes,  without 
first  having  the  same  duly  inspected,  or  shall,  after  the 
said  oils  shall  have  been  found  to  be  unsafe  by  the 
Inspector,  sell,  or  offer  to  sell  the  same  for  illuminating 
purposes,  shall  he  fined  twenty  dollars  for  each  sale  so 
made,  or  for  each  cask  or  package  so  offered  for  sale. 


ORDINANCB  No,  20. 

LICENSES. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city 
of  Frankfort,  That  Ordinance  No.  19,  of  the  printed 
Ordinances,  is  hereby  repealed,  and  the  following 
adopted  in  lieu  thereof : 

§ 1.  All  licenses  hereafter  issued  within  the  city, 
except  for  peddlers,  concert,  lecture,  theatrical,  or  other 
exhibition  or  performance,  shall  expire  one  year  from 
date  of  issuance.  Provided,  That  all  city  coffee-house 
licenses  shall  expire  December  31st  in  each  }"ear. 

§ 2.  The  Clerk  shall  keep  an  alphabetical  list  of  all 
licenses  granted  by  the  city,  making  a separate  list  of 
each  kind  of  license,  showing  the  names  of  the  persons 
to  whom  issued,  the  date  when  issued,  the  business 


How  to  test  oils. 


Penalty  for  sell- 
ing oil  without 
Inspection,  or 
selll  n g c o n - 
demne  d oil. 


Time  of  expira- 
tion. 


Clerk  shall 
keep  list. 


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JJCKNSES. 


Clerk  shall  fu:- 
nish  Marshal 
and  each  Po- 
liceman niont  li- 
ly a list  of  all 
licenses  grant- 
ed. 


No  rebate  grant- 
ed, but  may  be 
transferred. 


State  tax  to  be 
paid  before 
Clerk  issue  li- 
cense. 


Ten-pin  and 
bowling  alleys. 


Circus  and  me- 
nagerie. 


licensed,  the  class  and  rate  charged  therefor,  and  shall 
re}‘ort  and  exhibit  said  list  to  the  Mayor  or  Council,  or 
a committee  of  the  Council,  when  required. 

§ 3.  The  Clerk  shall  furnish  the  Marshal  and  each 
Policeman  of  the  city,  monthly,  a list  of  all  licenses 
granted  witliin  the  city,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Marshal  and  Policemen  carefully  to  observe  and  inspect 
the  city  weekly,  and  ascertain  whether  any  person  is 
carrying  on,  without  license,  any  business  which, 
according  to  the  Charter  and  Ordinances  of  the  city, 
should  be  licensed,  and  to  report  any  such  to  the  City 
Attorney  and  Police  Judge  for  prosecution. 

§ 4.  No  rebate  will  be  granted  on  any  license,  but 
licenses  may  be  transferred  from  one  person  to  another, 
or  from  one  place  to  another,  to  which  the  business 
authorized  may  actually  be  removed,  only,  however, 
with  the  consent  of  the  Mayor  and  Council  entered  on 
the  minutes. 

§ 5.  In  all  cases  where  a State  tax  is  required,  the 
Clerk  shall  require  that  the  same  be  paid  before  issuing 
any  license  whatever.  All  licenses  shall  be  issued  by 
the  Clerk,  and  none  shall  be  issued  by  him  until  the 
amount  due  the  city  therefor  shall  have  been,  on  his 
written  authority,  paid  into  the  Treasury,  and  the 
receipt  of  the  Treasurer  therefor  filed  with  him. 

§ 6.  The  price  of  license  for  ten-pin  alley  or  bowling 
alley,  shall  be  fifty  dollars  a year  for  each  alley  or  table 
used. 

§ 7.  'fhe  price  of  license  for  a circus  or  menagerie 
shall  be  fifty  dollars;  for  other  exhibition,  show  or 
performance  charging  an  admission  fee,  shall  be  twenty 
dollars  for  each  twenty-four  hours.  This  license  shall 
apply  only  to  the  exhibition  under  one  booth  or 
awning,  or  a house,  and  all  exhibitions  which  accom- 
pany the  same,  and  charge  a separate  entrance  fee, 


Lie  ENSES. 


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shall  be  charged  a like  sum  of  twenty  dollars  for  (‘ach 
twenty-four  hours.  Any  person  who  shall  exhibit  a 
cii-cus,  or  other  show,  performance  or  exhibition  within 
the  city  without  license  shall  be  fined  twenty  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

§ 8.  Porters  engaged  in  carrying  baggage  for  trav- 
elers, within  the  city,  shall  be  licensed,  and  the  price 
of  such  license  shall  be  ten  dollars  per  annum.  Each 
porter,  before  obtaining  a license,  shall  be  recom- 
mended, in  writing,  by  at  least  five  respectable  persons, 
to  the  Mayor,  and  if  he  grant  the  application,  he  shall 
so  endorse  thereon  in  writing,  and  file  the  same  with 
the  Clerk,  and  the  applicant  must  execute  bond  to  the 
city,  with  good  security,  to  be  approved  by  the  Clerk, 
in  the  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars,  conditioned  that 
he  will  faithfully  account  for  and  deliver  all  baggage 
intrusted  to  him,  to  the.  person  entitled  to  the  same. 
He  shall  be  assigned  a number,  which  he  shall  wear 
conspicuously  on  his  hat  whenever  he  is  engaged  in 
his  business,  and  may  charge  not  exceeding  the  follow- 
ing rates:  For  each  trunk,  or  box  used  in  place  of  a 
trunk,  transported  from  one  point  to  another,  within 
the  city  limits,  twenty-five  cents;  for  each  hat  box, 
carpet-bag,  band  box,  cloak,  overcoat,  or  other  small 
bundle  or  package,  five  cents.  Any  one  neglecting  or 
violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  ten 
dollars  for  each  offense.  Any  porter  may  be  removed 
by  the  Board  at  any  time  for  misconduct. 

§ 9.  No  agent  of  any  insurance  company  shall  make 
or  effect  any  insurance  in  the  city  without  having  first 
obtained  a license  so  to  do,  under  the  penalty  of  ten 
dollars  for  each  offense,  recoverable  by  warrant  before 
the  Police  Judge. 

§ 10.  The  agents  composing  “Frankfort  Board  of 
Fire  Underwriters”  shall  pay  two  dollars  per  annum 


Porters. 


Insurance 

agent. 


Board  of  Under- 
writers to  pay 
license. 


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LICENSES. 


Livery  stabks. 


Transfer  wag- 
ons. 


license  fee  for  each  company  represented  by  said 
board,  and  a general  license  to  said  board  shall  be 
issued,  wliich  shall  authorize  each  insurance  agent 
belonging  to  said  board  to  transact  the  business  of 
insurance  in  the  city  during  the  time  said  board  is 
so  licensed.  The  Secretary  of  said  board  shall  quar- 
terly certify  to  the  City  Clerk  who  are  members  of  said 
board.  All  other  insurance  agents,  or  solicitors,  rep- 
resenting life,  fire,  plate  glass,  accident  or  other 
insurance  companies,  shall  pay  a license  fee  of  two 
dollars  for  each  company  represented  by  such  agent. 

§ 11.  Livery  stables  shall  be  divided  into  three 
classes  by  the  Council,  and  the  price  of  license  for  a 
year  shall  be  according  to  its  class,  as  follows:  For 
one  of  the  first  class,  forty  dollars;  second  class,  thirty 
dollars;  third  class,  twenty  dollars. 

§ 12.  The  price  of  license  for  one  year  for  vehicles 
running  within  the  cit}q  for  profit  or  hire  (not  belonging 
to  a livery  stable),  shall  be  as  follows:  For  each  hack 
or  wagon,  having  not  more  than  two  work  beasts,  five 
dollars;  for  each  wagon,  having  more  than  two  work 
beasts,  eight  dollars;  for  each  dray,  cart  or  other 
vehicle,  using  two  horses,  five  dollars;  for  each  cart  or 
other  vehicle,  using  one  horse,  three  dollars;  each 
omnibus  and  baggage  car,  ten  dollars.  Before  any 
license  shall  issue  the  applicant  shall  be  required 
to  execute  bond  to  the  city,  with  good  security,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  Clerk,  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  hundred 
dollars  for  each  vehicle,  conditioned  for  the  safe  de- 
livery of  all  articles  entrusted  to  him,  or  his  driver,  to 
be  carried  in  said  vehicle,  and  of  all  persons  or  things 
which  the  owner,  or  driver,  may  undertake  to  carry, 
and  for  a strict  compliance  with  such  ordinances  as 
have  been,  or  may  l)e,  passed,  regulating  the  business 
licensed,  or  charges  of  vehicles.  And  the  Clerk  shall 


LICENSES. 


49 


ussign  to  each  vehicle  so  licensed  by  him,  a number, 
which  shall  be  specified  in  the  license,  and  which  sliall 
also  be  kept  plainly  marked  on  such  vehicle.  Any 
person  letting  to  hire,  within  the  city,  any  wagon,  hack, 
carriage,  coach,  dray,  cart  or  other  vehicle,  without 
license  aforesaid,  and  without  having  attached  thereto, 
in  some  conspicuous  place,  the  number  to  correspond 
with  that  in  the  license,  shall  be  fined  five  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

§ 13.  Wholesale  and  retail  merchants,  irrespective 
of  the  character  of  merchandise  sold  by  them,  shall 
be  rated  by  the  Council,  from  year  to  year,  into  twelve 
classes,  and  the  price  of  license  for  one  year  shall  be  : 
For  the  first  class,  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars;  for 
the  second  class,  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars; 
for  the  third  class,  one  hundred  dollars;  for  the  fourth 
class,  ninety  dollars;  for  the  fifth  class,  eighty  dollars; 
for  the  sixth  class,  seventy  dollars;  for  the  seventh 
class,  sixty  dollars;  tor  the  eighth  class,  fifty  dollars; 
for  the  ninth  class,  forty  dollars;  for  the  tenth  class, 
thirty  dollars;  for  the  eleventh  class,  twenty  dollars; 
for  the  twelfth  class,  ten  dollars.  Nothing  herein  shall 
be  so  construed  as  to  authorize  the  retailing  of  spirit- 
uous or  malt  liquors. 

§ 14.  No  tavern  or  coffee-house  license  shall  be  issued 
by  the  Clerk,  except  the  same  has  been  ordered  by  the 
Board,  a majority  of  all  the  Councilmen  elected 
being  necessary  to  the  granting  thereof.  No  such 
license  shall  be  granted  to  a person  of  bad  character, 
or  who  has  been  convicted  of  keeping  a disorderly 
house,  or  of  suffering  gaming  in  his  house,  and  no 
license  shall  be  granted  to  keep  a tavern,  unless  the 
Board  is  satisfied  that  the  applicant  is  prepared  with 
houses  and  bedding  necessary  for  that  purpose,  and 
it  shall  be  further  satisfied  that  the  keeping  of  a tavern 

4 


Wholesale  and  * 
retail  m e r - 
caants. 


Tavern  and 
coffee-house  li- 
cense. 


No  license  to 
persons  of  had 
character. 


50 


IJCENSKS. 


Must  give  bond. 


Coffee-hous  e 
keeper  must 
give  bond. 


Beer  license. 


at  the  place  proposed  is  necessary  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  the  public.  The  ]>rice  of  a coffee-house  license^ 
or  for  a tavern  license,  embracing  the  privileges  of 
retailing  spirituous  liquors,  shall  he  two  hundred 
dollars  per  year.  No  such  license  shall  be  trans- 
ferable. The  Board  may  revoke  any  such  license  at 
pleasure,  and  in  case  of  a revokation  for  good  cause, 
no  part  of  the  money  paid  therefor  shall  be  refunded. 

No  license  shall  be  issued  to  a tavern  keeper,  until 
he  shall  execute  bond,  with  good  security,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  Mayor,  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  hundred 
dollars,  payable  to  the  Board  of  (k)uncilmen,  condi- 
tioned as  required  in  the  5th  section  of  the  1st  article 
of  chapter  106  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kentucky, 
title  “ Taverns,  tippling-houses,”  &c.,  or  by  Ordinance 
of  the  city. 

No  license  shall  be  issued  to  a coffee-house  keeper 
until  he  shall  have  executed  bond  to  the  Board  of 
Councilmeii,  with  good  security,  to  be  approved  by  the 
Mayor,  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  con- 
ditioned to  keep  an  orderly  house,  and  not  to  permit 
gaming  or  any  riotous  or  disorderly  conduct  therein, 
and  not  to  give  or  sell  liquor  to  minors,  contrary  to 
law,  and  containing  such  other  provisions  as  the  Board 
may  require.  The  form  of  bonds  may  be  prescribed 
by  Council.  Any  person  may  keep  a house  of  private 
entertainment  in  the  city  without  license  or  tax  therefor. 

§ 15.  The  price  of  license  to  sell  at  retail,  within  the 
city,  porter,  ale  or  beer,  for  one  year,  shall  be  seventy 
dollars. 

§ 16.  The  price  of  license  for  any  lecture,  concert, 
theatrical  exhibition  or  entertainment  for  money,  and 
such  as  are  not  otherwise  provided  for,  shall  not  be  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for  each 
day  or  night,  nor  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more- 


LICENSES. 


51 


than  fifty  dollars  for  a month,  as  the  Mayor  may,  in 
writino',  direct,  or  two  nundred  dollars  per  year,  the 
time  to  he  specified  in  the  license. 

§ 17.  The  price  of  a license  for  a billiard  table  for 
one  year  shall  be  twenty  dollars,  and  a like  sum  for 
each  table  set  up  or  ke[)t  by  the  same  party.  The 
price  of  a license  for  one  year  for  a Jenny  Lind,  bag- 
atelle, pool  or  other  table,  used  and  occupied  in  like 
manner,  shall  be  thirty  dollars,  and  a like  sum  for  each 
additional  table  set  u[)  or  kept  by  the  same  party. 

§ 18.  The  price  of  a license  for  a shooting  gallery, 
within  the  city,  for  one  year,  shall  be  twenty-five 
dollars. 

§ 19.  Whenever  any  thing,  calling  or  article  is  re- 
quired by  the  City  Charter,  or  Ordinances  of  the  city, 
to  be  licensed,  any  person  who  shall  do  such  thing, 
pursue  such  calling,  or  employ  or  use  such  article, 
without  such  license,  shall  be  fined  for  each  offense, 
not  specifically  provided  for,  not  less  than  twenty-five 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

§ 20.  Tlie  License  Committee  is  authorized  to  regu- 
late the  license  tax  on  itinerant  shows  and  peddlers 
when  the  Board  is  not  in  session. 

§ 21.  That  sales  of  cattle,  horses,  hogs,  sheep  and 
other  stock  at  auction,  within  the  city  of  Frankfort, 
shall  be  free  from  any  license  tax. 

§ 22.  The  Ordinance  passed  March  15,  1881,  in  rela- 
tion to  selling  by  sample,  representation,  t^c.,  is  hereby 
continued  in  full  force  and  effect. 

§ 23.  The  License  Committee  shall  have  authority 
to  fix  schedule  of  licenses  for  all  kinds  of  business  or 
callings,  not  provided  for  in  the  foregoing  sections, 
under  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Kentucky,  approved  April  9th,  1886. 


Billiard  tables. 


Shooting  gal- 
ler3-\ 


Any  calling,  &c. 


Tax  on  Itiner- 
ent  sho\\s  and 
peddlers. 


No  license  tax 
for  sales  of  cat- 
tle, &c. 


Selling  by  sam- 
ple, &c. 


License  Com- 
mittee to  fix 
schedule  of  li- 
censes. 


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MARSHAL. 


Committee 
must  give  ten 
days’  notice  of 
date  of  expira- 
tion. 


Merchants’  re- 
tail liquor  li- 
cense. 


Oath  and  lia- 
bilities. 


His  duty  to  see 
the  laws  and 
Ordinances  are 
enforced. 


Shall  arrest  of- 
fenders. 


§ 24.  It  sliall  be  the  duty  of  the  License  Committee 
to  give  to  the  parties  ten  days’  notice,  in  writing,  stating 
the  date  of  expiration  of  each  party’s  license,  and  the 
amount  to  be  paid  by  such  party  for  the  next  ensuing 
year. 

§ 25.  All  Ordinances  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby 
repealed. 

§ 26.  The  price  of  merchant  retail  liquor  license, 
within  the  city,  for  one  year,  shall  be  seventy-five 
dollars,  and  that  liquor  sold  thereunder  shall  not  be 
drunk  on  the  premises. 


ORDINAJ^CB  Na.  21. 

MARSHAL. 

§ 1.  Before  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties, 
the  City  Marshal  shall  execute  a covenant  to  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Kentucky,  with  good  and  sufficient  secu- 
rity, to  be  approved  by  the  Board  of  Councilmen,  for 
the  faithful  discharge  of  his  official  duties,  and  shall 
take  the  usual  oath  of  office.  The  cit}q  or  any  person, 
aggrieved  thereby,  may  maintain  an  action  in  any 
court  of  competent  jurisdiction;  on  the  official  bond  of 
the  Marshal  for  any  breach  thereof. 

§ 2.  I.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marslial  or 
Policeman  to  see  that  the  laws  find  Ordinances  of  the 
city  are  executed,  and  he  shall  give  information  to  the 
City  Atorney  or  Police  Judge,  or  other  proper  person, 
and  cause  prosecution  to  be  instituted  for  all  offenses 
against  the  same,  or  against  the  laws  of  the  Common- 
wealth, committed  within  tlie  limits  of  the  city. 

II.  He  shall  arrest  all  persons  actually  engaged  in 
any  riot,  rout,  unlawful  assembly  or  breach  of  the 
peace,  or  whom  he  may  have  reasonable  cause  to  be- 
lieve guilty  of  any  offense,  and  take  them  before  the 


MARSHAL. 


53 


proper  officer,  to  be  dealt  with  according  to  huv.  He 
shall  have  authority  to  summon  such  citizens  as  may 
be  necessary  to  enable  him  to  discharge  his  official 
duties,  and  to  enforce  the  law.  Any  person  so  sum- 
moned, who  shall  fail  to  attend  and  render  the  services 
required,  shall  be  fined  five  dollars,  recoverable  by 
warrant  before  the  Police  Judge.  Any  person  who 
shall  resist,  oppose  or  hinder  the-  Marshal  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  official  duties,  or  the  enforcement  of  the 
Laws  or  Ordinances  of  the  city,  shall  be  fined  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  each  offense,  recoverable  by  warrant 
before  the  Police  Judge. 

III.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  have  the  streets  around 
or  in  front  of  the  city’s  property,  and  the  intersection 
of  the  paved  streets,  cleansed,  whenever  necessary,  at 
the  expense  of  the  city;  and  upon  information  being 
given  him  by  any  citizen  of  any  unhealthy  or  unclean 
matter  upon  the  premises  of  any  person,  it  shall  be  his 
duty  to  forthwith  inspect  the  premises  complained  of, 
and  immediately  cause  the  owner  or  occupant  to  re- 
move the  same;  and,  if  not  done  in  one  day,  to  cause 
a warrant  to  be  issued  against  the  offender. 

IV.  He  shall  cause  to  be  removed  all  dead  carcasses 
and  other  offensive  or  unhealthy  matter  without  the 
limits  of  the  city;  the  expense  of  which  removal  may 
be  recovered  of  the  owner  of  the  dead  animal,  or  per- 
son who  caused  such  nuisance,  by  warrant  before  the 
Police  Judge. 

V.  He  shall  collect  taxes,  fines  and  other  moneys 
due  the  city,  which  may  be  listed  with  him  by  the 
proper  officers,  and  shall  pa}^  the  same  over  in  due 
time  to  the  City  Treasurer,  or  other  proper  person. 

VI.  He  shall  see  that  a sufficient  passage  is  left  in 
the  streets  by  all  persons  engaged  in  building,  for  the 
convenient  passage  of  all  vehicles  and  horses  which 


May  summon 
the  posse. 


Penalty  for  fail- 
ure to  assist 
Marshal. 


Penalty  for  re- 
sisting. 


Have  certain 
streets  cleaned. 


Abate  n u i s - 
ances. 


Cost  of  same. 


To  collect  taxes 


Other  duties. 


54 


MARSHAL. 


May  appoint 
deputies. 


Responsible  for 
t heir  acts. 


His  fees. 


Marshal  to  pay 
all  collections 
monthly  mto 
the  Treasury, 
a n d m a k e 
m o n t h 1 y re- 
ports of  all  col- 
lections. 


Shall  also  make 
monthly  re- 
ports of  unpaid 
gas  bills. 


Shall  report  er- 
roneous assess- 
ments to  Fi- 
nance Commit- 
tee. 


Marshal  allow- 
ed ten  per  cent, 
on  all  taxes  col- 
lected by  him. 


sliall  proliably  pass  tlie  street  on  which  they  shall  be 
eiiga^’cd.  lie  sliall  perforin  such  other  duties  as  the 
Ordinances,  of  the  city  or  the  orders  of  the  Board  of 
Council  men  may,  from  time  to  time,  require. 

§ 3.  He  may  appoint  one  or  more  deputies,  who  shall 
take  the  oath  of  office,  and  shall  be  invested  with  all 
authority  which  is  or  may  be  conferred  on  the  princi- 
pal. Tlie  Marshal  and  his  sureties  on  his  official  bond 
shall  be  responsible  for  the  acts  of  his  deputies. 

§ 4.  The  Marshal  shall  be  allowed per  centum 

upon  all  taxes  collected  by  him,  and  such  fees  as  may 
be  allowed  him  by  law. 

§ 5.  The  Marshal  shall  pay  into  the  City  Treasury,  at 
the  end  of  each  month,  all  the  money  he  collects  under 
and  by  virtue  of  his  office,  and  take  duplicate  receipts 
therefor,  one  of  which  he  shall  lodge  with  the  Clerk; 
and  he  shall  make  monthly  reports  to  the  Council  of 
all  of  his  collections  as  Marshal,  under  their  respective 
heads. 

§ 6.  That  hereafter  when  the  City  Marshal,  in  mak- 
ing demand  for  taxes  due  the  city,  shall  ascertain  that 
property  has  been  erroneously  assessed,  he  shall  report 
said  assessment  to  the  Finance  Committee,  whose  duty 
it  shall  be  to  report  the  facts  to  the  Council  for  its 
action,  at  the  first  regular  metting,  after  said  committee 
has  investigated  the  matter  or  matters  referred  to  it  by 
the  Marshal. 

§ 7.  The  Marshal  or  Collector  shall  be  allowed  ten 
per  centum  upon  all  taxes  collected  by  him  and  paid 
into  the  City  Treasury.  Provided,  That  in  sales  of 
real  estate  for  taxes,  in  which  the  city  becomes  the 
purchaser,  the  commission  aforesaid  shall  not  be  paid 
him  until  the  city  shall  have  actually  collected  the 
same,  either  by  a redemption  of  the  property  by  the 
owner,  or  a sale  and  conveyance  of  same  by  the  city. 


§ 8.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collector  of 
‘Taxes  to  collect  all  taxes,  either  past  due  or  to  become 
due  in  the  future;  and  to  collect  all  other  claims,  debts 
•or  demands  due  the  city,  whenever  he  is  required  to 
do  so. 

Before  levying  upon  or  selling  any  real  estate  for 
taxes  or  other  debts  due  the  city,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  said  Collector  to  levy  upon  and  sell  personal  ]>roperty 
of  the  person  so  indebted;  or  he  shall  distrain  and 
gariiishee,  or  shall  attach  personal  property,  as  is  now 
allowed  by  law  to  Sheriffs  and  other  collecting  officers 
of  this  Commonwealth. 

Said  Collector  shall  make  a settlement  every  month 
of  all  collections,  &c.,  made  by  him,  as  is  now  required 
of  other  city  officers,  which  report  shall  be  approved 
the  Council. 

He  shall  be  allowed,  for  all  collections  so  made  by 
him,  ten  per  cent,  on  the  amount  collected,  which  com- 
missions shall  be  paid  by  the  person  indebted.  But 
where  the  ten  per  cent,  can  not  be  added  to  the  i)rin- 
cipal,  it  shall  be  allowed  to  the  Collector  by  the 
Council. 

Said  Collector  shall  serve  all  notices  and  other  pro- 
cesses, whenever  directed  by  the  Council  to  do  so,  and 
he  shall  attend  all  the  meetings  of  the  Council,  and  re- 
ceive such  compensation  for  those  extra  services  as  the 
■Council  may  direct. 


ORDINA.NCB  2Vo.  22. 

MAYOR. 

§ 1-  When  the  Board  of  Councilmen  is  not  .in  ses- 
.sion,  the  Mayor  shall  have  a general  charge  and  over- 
sight of  the  officers  and  affairs  of  the  city.  He  may 
temporarily  suspend  any  officer  of  the  city  for  good 


Personal  prop- 
erty must  first 
be  sold  for 
taxes. 


Collector  must 
m a k e settle- 
ment every 
nioutb. 


Must  serve  all 
notices  and  at- 
tend meetings 
of  the  Council. 


When  Council 
Is  not  In  session 
Mayor  to  have 
general  charge 
of  the  officers 
and  affairs  of 
the  city. 


M a y suspend 
any  ol'licer,  re- 
(luire  reports, 
&c. 


May  call  spe- 
cial meetings  of 
the  Board. 


In  case  of  sus- 
peiided  officer 
must  convene 
Council,  and  re- 
port in  two 
days,  with 
ground, s.  • 


May  relieve  ex- 
treme cases  of 
want. 


May  employ  ex- 
tra police,  and 
close  driiiKing- 
houses,  when 
peace  and  good 
order  so  ra- 
quire. 


Limitation. 


To  submit  esti- 
mates of  ex- 
penses. 


Shall  keep  ac- 
count of  assets 
and  liabilities 
of  city,  and  re- 
port to  C..unal 
quarterly. 


and  sufficient  cause  to  him  made  known;  may  require 
reports  from  any  officer  or  committee  of  the  Council, 
upon  any  point  touching  the  interests  of  the  city;  and 
may  call  special  meetings  of  the  Council  at  any  time: 
Provided,  That  in  case  the  Mayor  shall  suspend  any 
officer,  he  shall  cause  a meeting  of  the  Board  of  Coun- 
cilmen  to  he  convened  within  two  days  thereafter,  and 
report  sucfi  suspension,  together  with  the  grounds 
thereof,  in  writing,  when  the  matter  shall  be  investi- 
gated and  decided  by  the  Board. 

§ 2.  He  may,  in  extreme  cases,  upon  a report  to  him 
by  the  Marshal  of  the  necessity  therefor,  order  the 
Marshal  to  furnish  supplies  to  any  poor  person  in  dis- 
tress, not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  three  dollars  in  any  one 
case,  unless  ordered  by  the  Board. 

§ 3.  He  may.  whenever  he  may  deem  it  necessary 
for  the  public  good,  or  when,  on  special  occasions  or 
holidays,  he  may  deem  it  necessar}^  to  the  peace  and 
good  order  of  the  community,  appoint  special  night  or 
day  watchmen,  or  by  proclamation  may  forbid  the. sale,, 
within  the  limits  of  the  city,  of  any  intoxicating 
liquors:  Provided,  That  a proclamation  closing  drinking 
saloons  and  forbidding  the  sale  of  liquors  shall  not 
operate  at  any  one  time  for  a period  longer  than  twenty- 
four  hours. 

§ 4.  He  shall,  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Council 
after  the  return  of  the  Assessor’s  book,  submit  esti- 
mates of  the  expenses  of  the  city  for  the  year. 

§ 5.  He  shall,  in  a book  to  be  kept  by  him  for  that 
purpose,  keep  an  exact  account  of  all  the  assets,  debts 
and  liabilities  of  the  city,  and  he  shall,  at  the  stated 
meetings  of  the  Council  in  January,  April,  July  and 
October,  present  a transcript  therefrom,  showing  tlie 
exact  amount  of  the  assets,  and  a detailed  statement  of 
the  liabilities,  the  dates  thereof,  and  the  times  at  which 


OFFICE  AND  OFFICER. 


57 


they  may  respectively  become  due,  and  report  any  sug- 
gestions or  recommendations  lie  may  think  proper. 

§ 6.  He  shall  keep  the  bonds  of  all  of  the  otlicers  of 
the  city  in  his  possession,  subject  to  the  order  of  the 
Council.  He  shall,  ex  officio,  be  a member  of  all  the 
standing  committees  of  the  Council. 

§ 7.  He  is  authorized  to  fill  all  vacancies  in  office  by 
appointment  until  the  next  meeting  of  the  Council 
held  thereafter. 


ORDINA.NCB  No.  23, 

OFFICE  AND  OFFICER. 

§ 1.  That  Ordinance  No.  23,  of  the  printed  Ordi- 
nances, be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  repealed,  and  in 
lieu  thereof,  the  following  is  oixffiined:  In  addition  to 
the  Police  Judge,  City  Marshal  and  City  Attorney,  the 
election  of  which  is  provided  for  by  law,  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  shall  elect  at  the  first  regular  meeting, 
after  their  election,  a President  of  said  Board,  who 
shall  serve  for  two  years.  Said  Board  shall  also  elect 
at  the  same  time,  by  ballot,  the  following  officers,  who 
shall  serve  for  one  year,  and  until  their  successors  are 
elected  and  qualified,  subject  to  removal  at  any  time  by 
the  vote  of  a majority  of  all  the  members  of  the  Board 
of  Councilmen: 

I.  A Clerk. 

II.  A Treasurer. 

III.  An  Assessor. 

IV.  A keeper  of  the  city  clock. 

V.  A janitor  of  public  offices. 

§ 2.  Each  officer  by  accepting  an  office  undertakes  to 
perform  such  duties  as  result  from  the  nature  of  the 
office  or  from  law  or  Ordinance,  whether  enacted  before 
or  after  he  becomes  an  officer.  No  officer  shall  become 
interested,  whilst  in  office,  in  any  contract  with  the 


To  keep  bonds 
of  city  officers. 


Power  to  fill 
vacancies. 


Offic  e r s,  who 
and  when,  to  be 
elected  by  Coun- 
cil. 


No  officer  to  be 
interested  i n 
any  contract. 


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OFFICE  AND  OFFICER. 


Officers  to  be 
notified  of  elec- 
tion and  to  give 
bond  In  ten 
days. 


Vacancies. 


Duty  of  officer 
upon  retiring  or 
removal. 


Officers  must 
take  oath. 


Bond. 


city,  tlie  making  or  (execution  of  whicli  is  connected 
with  his  official  duty,  and  no  member  of  t'lie  Board  of 
Councilmen  shall  have  any  interest,  direct  or  indirect, 
in  any  contract  with  the  city  of  Frankfort,  during  his 
continuance  in  his  office  of  Councilman.  Anv  viola- 
tion of  official  duty  or  failure  to  perform  it  shall  be 
sufficient  cause  for  the  removal  of  an  officer,  and  shall 
likewise  be  a breach  of  his  official  bond,  whether  so 
expressed  therein  or  not. 

§ 3.  Immediately  after  each  election  of  officers  by 
the  Council,  the  Mayor  shall  cause  the  persons  elected 
to  be  notified,  and  any  one  so  elected  and  notified,  who 
shall  fail  to  qualify  and  give  bond  (if  required)  within 
ten  days  shall  be  deemed  to  have  declined  the  office 
and  another  shall  be  elected  in  his  place.  All  vacan- 
cies in  office  shall  be  filled  by  election  by  the  Council, 
unless  otherwise  provided  for  by  law. 

§ 4.  Each  officer  of  the  city  on  the  termination  of 
his  official  employment,  whether  by  lapse  of  time,  re- 
moval or  otherwise,  shall  immediately  deliver  to  the 
Mayor,  his  successor  or  such  other  officer  as  may  be 
authorized  to  receive  them,  all  moneys,  maps,  property 
and  papers,  connected  with  his  office  or  in  his  custody, 
belonging  to  the  city. 

§ 5.  Every  officer  of  the  city,  before  entering  upon 
the  discharge  of  his  official  duties,  shall,  before  the 
Mayor,  Police  Judge  or  other  person  authorized  to  ad- 
minister oaths,  take  an  oath  faithfully  and  impar- 
tially to  discharge  the  duties  of  his  said  office.  All 
official  bonds  required  by  the  Charter  or  Ordinances  of 
the  city,  except  in  such  cases  as  a specified  penal  sum 
is  fixed,  shall  be  as  follows: 

CITY  officer’s  bond. 

Whereas, has  been to  fill 

the  office  of , within  and  for  the  city  of 


OFFICE  AND  OFFICER. 

Frankfort:  Now,  we, , })rincipal,  and , 

Ills  sureties,  jointly  and  severally,  do  liereliy  covenant, 
agree  and  ])ind  ourselves  to  the  Board  of  Councilinen 

of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  that  the  said shall 

faithfully  perform  and  discharge  all  and  singular  the 
duties  of  said  office  of during  his  continu- 

ance therein;  that  he  sliall  pay  over,  in  due  time,  to 
the  proper  persons,  on  proper  authority,  all  moneys 
which  may  come  to  his  hands  hy  virtue  of  said  office, 
and  make  out  and  present  to  the  proper  persons,  at  the 
proper  time,  all  reports  required  of  him;  and  shall  ob- 
serve, enforce  and  obe}"  all  statutes,  laws  and  h}"-laws, 
orders,  rules,  regulations  and  Ordinances  of  said  city 
of  Frankfort  in  relation  to  said  office. 

§ 6.  That  it  shall  he  tiie  duty  of  all  officers  elected 
under  this  Ordinance  to  report  to  the  Board  of  Coun- 
men, at  its  regular  meeting  on  the  second  Tuesday  in 
every  month,  all  matters  that  may  be  of  interest  to  the 
-cit}q  and  which  may  require  the  attention  of  said 
Board  of  Councilinen. 

§ 7.  'That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  officers  of  the 
eity,  whether  the  said  officers  he  elected  by  the  Board 
of  Councilinen  or  appointed  under  acts  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Kentucky  (if  said 
officers  have  charge  of  any  of  the  property  of  said 
oity),  to  report  to  the  Council,  at  its  regular  monthly 
meeting,  a full  and  complete  report  on  property,  report 
blanks  furnished  them  by  the  City  Clerk,  which  shall 
show  the  amount  of  property  of  every  kind  on  hand 
at  the  last  report;  the  amount  acquired  since  last  re- 
port; the  amount  expended  or  used  since  the  last  re- 
port, and  amount  on  hand  at  the  date  of  the  report, 
together  with  such  remarks  as  may  be  necessary  to  ex- 
plain said  report.  No  pyoperty  shall  he  transferred  from 
one  department  to  another,  unless  it  be  upon  the  requi- 


59 


Officers  must 
make  report  at 
regular  meet- 
iag  in  each 
month. 


Must  report 
pro  p e r t y on 
hand  an  d 
amount  e x - 
p e n d e d or 
used. 


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OFFICE  AND  OFFICER. 


Transferring  of 
property  from 
one  depart- 
ment to  an- 
other. ^ 


Bond  when  a 
fixed  penalty  is 
required. 


sitioii  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  having  in 
charge  tlie  department  to  which  the  property  is  trans- 
ferred, indorsed  with  an  order  from  the  Cliairman  of 
the  Committee  liaving  in  charge  the  department  from 
wliich  the  property  is  taken,  directing  the  transfer. 

AVitness  our  signature,  this day  of , 18 — 

, Principal. 

I Sureties. 

Approved  by  the  Board. 

Attest:  — , Mayor. 

Bonds  wherein  a fixed  penalty  is  required  shall  be  as 
follows: 

We, , principal,  and , his  sure- 

ties, are  held  and  firmly  bound  unto  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  in  the  penal  sum 

'of dollar.3,  for  the  payment  of  which  sum  we 

bind  ourselves,  our  heirs,  executors  and  administrators 
firmly  by  these  presents. 

In  testimony  whereof  witness  our  signatures  this^ 
day  of , 18 — . 

The  conditions  of  the  above  bond  is  such,  that^ 

whereas,  the  said has  been  elected  to  the 

office  of ; now,  if  he  shall  well  and  truly  discharge 

the  duties  of  said  office,  and  pay  over  and  deliver,  in 
due  time,  to  the  proper  persons,  all  moneys  and  prop- 
erty which  shall  come  to  his  custody,  by  virtue  of  said 
office,  then  this  bond  shall  be  null  and  void,  else  to  re- 
main in  full  force  and  effect. 

(Signed)  , [n.  s.], 

, [l.  s.] 

, [l.  s.l 

A})proved  by  the  Board. 

Attest: , Mayor. 


POLICE. 


G1 


All  official  bonds  shall  b&  approved  by  the  Board  of 
Councilinen. 

Such  orders  of  transfer,  bills  of  purchases  and  re- 
ceipts for  all  property  sold,  shall  accompany  the  reports 
mentioned  in  the  first  section,  and  as  vouchers  for  the 
Same.  No  article  shall  be  dropped  from  the  report  as 
worthless  and  of  no  value,  unless  the  same  shall  have 
been  first  condemned  by  the  committee  in  charge  of 
the  department,  and  reported  to  the  Council,  and  the 
■condemnation  approved. 

§ 8.  Any  officer  who  shall  fail  to  make  a report  as 
required  of  him  by  the  Ordinances  of  the  city,  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  two  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for 
failure  to  do  so,  recoverable  by  warrant  before  the 
Police  Judge. 

§ 9,  The  Board  of  Councilinen  of  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort, shall,  from  time  to  time,  fix  such  compensation 
for  all  officers  named  in  this  Ordinance  as  said  Board 
may  deem  adequate:  Provided,  however,  That  said  com- 
pensation shall  not  be  in  excess  of  the  salaries  now 
paid  said  officer  or  officers  of  the  city,  who  may  have 
discharged  like  duties. 


ORDINA.NCJB  No.  24. 

POLICE. 

§ 1.  The  Watchmen,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
of  their  office,  shall,  before  the  Police  Judge,  or  some 
other  person  authorized  to  administer  oaths,  take  an 
oath  that  they  will  faithfully  and  impartially  execute 
the  duties  of  the  office. 

§ 2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Police  diligently  to 
endeavor  to  detect  all  offenders  against  the  laws  of  the 
State,  or  the  Ordinances  of  the  city,  and,  when  occa- 
sion requires,  to  arrest  and  commit  them  to  the  city 


Penalty  for  fail- 
ing to  make  re- 
port. 


Compensat  i o n 
of  officers  to  be 
fixed  by  Board. 


Oath. 


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I'OI.ICE. 


Duties  of  polico 
and  watcliinen. 


Party  can  not 
be  :confined  in 
work-house  ex- 
ceeding twentj- 
I'our  hours  w ith- 
out order  of 
commitment 


Can  not  be  re- 
leased except 
on  written  or- 
der of  Police 
Judge  or 
Mavor 


May  arrest  with- 
out warrant. 


May  summon 
bystander. 

Penalty  for  fail- 
ure to  assist. 


Penalty  for  hin- 
dering or  ob- 
structing p o - 
lice. 


work-liouse,  or  county  jail;  to  see  that  all  disorders  or 
disturbances  of  the  peace  are  broken  up,  that  good 
order  and  ([uiet  are  maintained,  to  arrest  all  persons 
found  drunk  and  disorderly,  or  who,  by  boisterous  con- 
duct, songs,  cries,  wrangles  or  quarrels,  shall  disturb 
the  peace,  (piiet  and  good  order  within  the  city,  and 
place  such  oftenders,  if  drunk,  in  the  city  work-house,, 
until  he  or  they  shall  become  sober,  and  all  persons 
committed  to  the  work-house  shall  remain  therein  until 
siich  time  as  an  investigation  of  the  offense  charged 
can  be  had  before  the  city  Police  Court.  Provided^ 
That  no  person  shall,  without  an  order  of  commitment 
from  the  Police  Judge,  be  confined  in  the  work-house 
or  station-house  for  a period  exceeding  twenty-four 
hours,  and  no  person  or  persons  committed  to  the- 
work-house  or  station-house  shall,  before  trial  of  the 
charges  against  him  or  them,  l)e  released  therefrom,, 
except  on  the  written  order  of  the  Police  Judge,  or  the 
Mayor  of  the  city,  in  the  absence  of  said  Judge  from 
the  city,  or  in  case  he  is  inca})acitated  from  acting,  if 
in  the  city. 

§ 3.  Any  Watchman  may  arrest  any  offenders,  or 
suspected  offenders,  against  the  laws  or  Ordinances  of 
the  city,  withouf  warrant,  and,  in  doing  so,  may  sum- 
mon any  bystander  to  assist  him.  Any  person  thus 
summoned,  who  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  render  assistance 
to  the  Watchman,  shall  be  fined  five  dollars  for  each 
offense;  recoverable  by  warrant  before  the  Police  Judge; 
and  any  person  who  shall  Avillfully  obstruct,  hinder  or 
resist  a ACatchman,  in  the  performance  of  his  duties, 
shall  be  fined,  for  each  offense,  twenty-five  dollars,  re- 
coverable by  warrant  before  the  Police  Judge. 


PUBLIC  PROPERTY PUBLIC  ^YORK. 


(33 


ORDINANCn  No. 

PUBLIC  PROPERTY. 

§ 1.  Any  person  who  shall  post,  paste,  or  print  any 
hand-bill  or  advertisement,  or  cause  or  procure  the 
same  to  be  done,  on  any  public  house,  fence  or  property 
within  the  city,  without  the  written  consent  of  the 
Mayor,  or  on  any  private  property  without  the  consent 
of  the  owner  or  controller  thereof,  shall  be  fined  five 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

§ 2.  Any  person  wbo  shall  unnecessarily  hinder  or 
delay  another  in  resorting  to  or  using  any  public  pump, 
or  shall  water  a horse  or  other  animal  within  ten  feet 
of  such  pump;  or  any  brick-mason,  stone-mason  or 
plasterer  who  uses  a public  pump  to  procure  water  to 
carry  on  his  business,  shall  be  fined,  for  each  offense, 
ten  dollars. 

See  CHIMES  AND  PUNISHMENTS. 


ORDINANCE  No.  2G. 

PUBLIC  WORK. 

§ 1.  All  work  for  the  city  shall,  after  due  notice,  be 
let  to  the  lowest  and  best  bidder,  by  the  committee  or 
officer  authorized  to  have  the  same  done,  unless  the 
Council  otherwise  direct. 


ORDINANCE  No.  27. 

REVENUE  AND  TAXATION. 

§ 1.  The  City  Marshal  present  to  the  Council  his 
delinquent  list  at  or  before  the  regular  meeting  of  the 
Board  in  the  month  of  December  in  each  year;  and 
no  credit  will  be  allowed  him  for  a delinquent  not  pre- 
sented to  and  allowed  by  the  Council.  He  shall 
accompany  said  delinquent  list  with  his  oath  or 
affirmation,  in  substance,  as  follows: 


Consent  must 
be  first  obtain- 
ed before  hand- 
bills are  posted 
on  buildings  or 
fences,  fine  $5. 


Public  pumps. 


Public  work  to 
be  let  to  lowest 
bidder. 


Delinquent  list 
to  be  presented 
in  December. 


REVENUE  AND  TAXATION. 


Oatli  of  Mar- 
shal to  (lelln- 
Quent  list. 


Council  to  al- 
low. 


May  refer  list 
to  Finance 
Committee  o r 
hear  proof  as 
to  correctness 
thereof. 

Shall  allow  so 
much  thereof 
as  is  found  cor- 
rect. 


Treasurer  to  at- 
tend tax  sales, 
and,  if  necessa- 
ry, pur  chase 
property  for  the 
city. 


Amended.  See 
Ordinance  No. 
28. 


Purchaser  to 
have  certificate. 


^•1, , Marshal  of  the  City  of  Frankfort, 

do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  the  within  and  fore- 
going delinquent  list  for  the  year  18 — is  just  and  true 
to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief ; that  I have 
made  due  inquiry  and  search  for  the  persons  named 
therein  as  ^ not  found  ’ and  have  not  been  able  to  find 
any  one  of  them  in  the  city;  that  every  person  returned 
as  insolvent’  is  really  so,  as  I verily  believe  from  the 
best  information  I could  obtain,  and  have  been  so  in- 
solvent since  the  tax-books  for  the  year  were  placed  \n 
my  hands  for  collection;  that  I neither  knew,  or  now 
know,  of  any  property  within  said  city  belonging  to 
any  per.son  named  in  said  list,  out  of  which  his  tax 
bills,  or  any  part  thereof,  could  have  been  made:  so 
help  me  God. 

(Signed)  . 

‘‘Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  by , 

this  — day  of , 18 — . 

u ” 

The  Council  shall  forthwith  examine  said  delinquent 
list,  and  if  satisfied  of  the  correctness  thereof,  shall 
allow  the  same;  but  if  not  satisfied  as  to  the  accuracy 
of  the  same,  or  any  part  thereof,  may  refer  the  same 
to  the  Finance  Committee  for  investigation,  or  may 
cause  any  proof  bearing  thereon  to  be  produced  before 
the  Board,  and,  after  a satisfactory  investigation,  shall 
allow  such  part  thereof  as  may  be  just  and  correct. 

§ 2.  The  Treasurer  shall  attend  all  sales  for  taxes  or 
other  assessments  due  the  city,  and  if  no  other  person 
bid  the  amount  of  taxes,  with  all  fees  and  costs  accrued, 
shall  buy  the  property  so  sold  for  the  city;  and  if  he 
beeome  the  purchaser,  shall  receipt  to  the  Marshal  for 
the  amount  bid,  and  receive  a certificate  of  purchase  in 
favor  of  the  city.  The  Marshal,  on  making  a sale  for 
taxes  or  public  duos,  shall  give  the  purchaser  a certifi- 


SALE  OF  GAS  WORKS. 


113 


SA/vJi  Ol-  GAS  WOJIKS. 

This  article  of  agreement  made  and  entered  into  this 
thirtieth  day  of  May,  1882,  by  and  between  the  Board 
of  Councilmen  ot  the  city  of  Frankfort,  Ky.,  of  the 
tirst  part,  and  the  Southern  Gas  Works  Company,  of 
the  second  part,  witnesseth  : 

That  for  and  in  consideration  of  the  stipulation  and 
agreements,  and  upon  the  terms  and  conditions  herein- 
after expressed,  the  party  of  the  first  part  hereby  sells 
and  agrees  and  obligates  itself  to  convey  to  the  party 
of  the  second  part,  or  its  assigns,  all  that  certain  real 
estate  in  the  city  of  Frankfort,  on  Washington  and 
Mero  streets,  upon  Avhich  the  gas  works  of  said  city 
are  situated,  being  all  the  lots  and  grounds  belonging 
to  said  city,  upon  which  said  gas  works  have  been 
erected  and  owned  by  said  city,  in  the  management 
and  operation  of  said  gas  works,  together  with  ail  the 
buildings,  machinery  ajid  tools,  and,  excepting  all  the 
coal  on  hand,  all  materials  and  supplies,  thereon  or  on 
hand,  belonging  to  said  city  and  used  in  or  for  the 
manufacture  of  gas,  or  in  the  management  or  operation 
of  said  gas  works,  and  all  pipes  or  pipings,  mains, 
meters,  lamps  and  posts,  and  other  connections,  now 
on  hand  or  laid,  or  in  use  by  said  city  in  the  manufac- 
ture and  supply  of  gas  from  said  works  to  the  streets 
and  citizens  of  said  city,  together  with  all  the  other 
rights,  privileges,  franchises,  fixtures,  appurtenances 
and  incidents  said  city  now  has  in  said  property,  and 
the  right  to  manufacture  and  furnish  and  sell  gas 
therefrom,  and  the  exclusive  right  to  the  use  of  the 
streets  and  alleys,  roads  and  public  ways  of  said  city, 
for  the  purposes  of  laying,  repairing  and  properly 
operating  all  mains,  pipes  and  other  necessary  machin- 
ery and  materials  for  the  furnishing  all  gas  or  other 
illuminating  light  in  said  citv,  and  for  that  purpose  the 

9 


114 


SALE  OF  GAS  WORKS. 


second  party  and  its  assigns  shall  have  the  right  to 
take  up  or  dig  up  any  pavement,  street  or  roadway  in 
said  city,  provided  it  shall  replace  the  same  in  good  con- 
dition, and  he  r^^sponsible  to  said  city  for  any  damages 
that  may  arise  therefrom;  and  any  unreason  able  delay 
in  replacing  the  same,  the  said  second  party,  or  its 
assigns,  shall  execute  to  the  first  part}’'  forty  (40)  bonds 
of  ($1,000)  one  thousand  dollars  each,  to  fall  due  and 
become  payable  forty  years  from  July  1,  1882,  bearing 
interest  from  July  1,  1882,  at  the  rate  of  (6%)  six  per 
cent,  per  annum,  the  interest  payable  semi-annually, 
on  the  first  day  of  January  and  first  day  of  July  each 
year;  but  said  bonds  are  not  to  be  negotiable  or  trans- 
ferable, but  are  to  be  held  by  the  first  party;  and  sec- 
ond party,  or  assigns,  can  pay  off  and  discharge  any 
one  or  more  of  said  bonds  at  any  time  before  maturity, 
as  they  may  elect,  said  bonds  to  be  secured  by  a lien 
reserved  on  the  real  estate,  improvements  and  fran- 
chises, to  be  conveyed  hereunder,  and  also  upon  all 
improvements,  works,  extensions,  mains,  &c.,  herein 
provided  to  be  erected  and  made  by  the  second  party 
and  its  assigns,  provided  herein. 

The  party  of  second  part,  or  its  assigns,  are  in  a sub- 
stantial manner  to  improve  the  present  gas  works, 
adapt  them  for  the  manufacture  of  gas,  from  both  coal 
and  oil,  thereby  doubling  their  present  capacity,  renew 
all  street  pipes,  meters,  &c.,  that  may  be  necessary  to 
put  the  works  and  services  in  good  operating  condition, 
and  to  extend  the  mains  on  the  streets  of  South  Frank- 
fort, to  the  extent  of  two  (2)  miles,  within  one  year 
from  this  date,  with  all  necessary  service  and  meter 
connections,  to  supply  all  those  desiring  fhe  use  of  gas 
in  that  district  along  the  lin^s  of  said  mains. 

That  from  and  after  the  execution  of  this  contract, 
and  the  delivery  of  the  property  herein  to  be  con- 


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11 

veyed  by  party  of  the  first  part  to  }>arty  of  second  part, 
or  its  assigns,  the  latter  are  and  hereby  agree  to  erect 
all  necessary  gas  posts  and  lamps  and  light  and  keep 
in  repair  and  good  order  all  the  street  lamps  now  in 
use,  or  which  may  hereafter  he  erected  h}"  the  party  of 
the  second  part  by  order  of  the  party  of  the  first  part; 
and 'after  the  mains  are  extended  in  South  Frankfort,  as 
herein  before  provided,  the  street  lamps  to  he  lighted 
hereunder  shall  at  no  time  be  less  than  one  hundred  in 
number,  and  all  street  lights  upon  streets,  in  which  the 
second  party,  or  their  assigns,  shall  have  their  mains, 
shall  he  lighted  with  gas.  The  street  lamps  to  be 
lighted  nightly,  excepting  moonlight  nights,  hut  in- 
cluding cloudy  moonlight  nights,  on  an  average  of  at 
least  eight  hours,  and  the  party  of  the  first  part  agrees 
to  pay  to  the  party  of  the  second  part,  or  its  assigns,  for 
so  lighting  the  streets  of  said  city,  at  the  rate  of 
($24.00)  twenty-four  dollars  per  annum,  for  each  street 
lamp,  equal  to  fourteen  candles,  now  or  hereafter 
erected  ; and  the  second  party,  or  its  assigns,  are 
and  hereby  agree  and  bind  themselves  to  supply  con- 
sumers of  gas  at  the  rate  of  not  exceeding  ($2.00)  two 
dollars  per  thousand  cubic  feet  : Provided,  hoivever, 

That  if  on  July  1,  1887,  the  average  price  of  gas  sup- 
plied to  private  consumers  in  cities  or  towns  of  this 
State,  of  the  same  or  less  population  than  that  of  the 
city  of  Frankfort,  shall  be  less  or  more  than  two  ($2.00) 
per  thousand  cubic  feet,  then  and  thereafter  the  price 
charged  to  private  consumers  in  Frankfort  shall  not 
exceed  such  average  price,  to  be  ascertained  July  1, 

]887,  and  also  at  expiration  of  each  five  years  there- 
after; and  the  party  of  the  secend  part,  or  its  assigns, 
bind  themselves  to  supply  the  said  city  and  the  private 
consumers  with  gas  at  a good  quality,  and  keep  the 
said  works  in  constant  operation,  reasonable  time  for 


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SALE  OF  GAS  WORKS. 


repairs  and  iiiiavoidal^le  accidents  excepted.  It  is  fur- 
tlier  stipulated,  and  as  a part  of  this  contract,  that  all 
the  property,  real  or  personal,  herein  sold  and  to  be 
conveyed  to  the  party  of  the  second  part,  or  its  assigns,, 
and  all  additions  and  extensions  thereof,  and  all  other 
materials  or  property  to  be  acquired  and  used  in  the 
operation  of  said  works,  and  the  furnishing  and  sale  of 
gas  or  other  illuininatin  g light, whether  in  the  hands  of  the 
second  party,  or  its  assigns,  and  the  stock  of  the  company, 
owning  and  operating  said  works,  shall,  from  and  after 
the  execution  of  this  contract,  be  exempt  from  the  ]Rxy- 
ment  of  all  city  taxes  to  the  city  of  Frankfort;  and 
should  it  be  determined  that  the  party  of  the  first  part 
has  not  the  power  to  make  such  exemption  from  city 
taxes,  then  any  and  all  sums  Avhich  the  second  party,, 
or  its  assigns,  shall  have  to  pay  for  city  Faxes,  upozi  the 
said  property  herein  attempted  to  be  exempted,  shall 
be  added  to  the  sum  herein  stipulated  to  be  paid  for 
lighting  the  streets  of  the  first  party.  The  party  of  the 
first  part  further  stipulates  and  guarantees  to  the  party 
of  the  second  part,  or  its  assigns,  the  right  of  way  over 
present  bridge  between  North  and  South  Frankfort,  or 
any  bridge  that  may  be  hereafter  built,  or  permitted  to 
be  built  by  said  city  between  said  parts  thereof,  or  to 
any  suburb  thereof,  for  the  })urpose  of  laying  thereon 
and  thereover,  their  mains  and  other  necessary  pipes 
and  fixtures  for  conducting  gas  over  such  bridge,  or 
bridges,  and  the  same  to  be  so  arranged  and  laid  as  not 
to  interfere  with  the  free  use  and  travel  over  said 
bridges. 

Tbe  party  of  the  first  part  agrees  and  binds  itself  to 
make  conveyance  of  all  the  property,  as  required  by 
the  terms  of  this  contract,  to  the  party  of  the  second 
part,  or  its  assigns,  so  soon  as  the  latter  shall  execute 
and  deliver  the  first  party  forty  bonds  of  ($1,000.00) 


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y 


SALE  OF  GAS  WORKS. 

one  thousand  dollars  eacdi,  as  herein  described,  and  de- 
liver full  i)OSsession  of  all  the  })roperty  and  right 
lierein  mentioned  to  the  second  party,  or  its'  assigns, 
on  or  before  June  30,  1S82. 

And  we,  the  undersigned,  Henry  C.  McDowell  and 
II.  1).  Fitcli,  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  and  ex- 
ecution of  this  agreement  and  contract  by  the  Board  of 
Couucilmen  of  the  city  of  ‘Frankfort,  hereby  guarantee 
that  the  party  of  Ihe  second  part,  or  their  assigns,  shall 
have  authority  to  execute,  and  shall  fully  and  legally 
execute  the  same  by  or  before  the  30th  day  of  June, 
1882. 

Signed  by 

H.  C.  McDowell. 

IT.  D.  Fitch. 

Attest: 

F.  V.  Gray. 

In  witness  to  all  of  which  the  party  of  the  first  part, 
by  its  Mayor,  and  under  its  corporate  seal,  as  directed 
by  Ordinances  therefor,  and  the  party  of  the  second 
part,  by  its  vice-president,  have  hereunto  signed  their 
names  the  date  first  above  mentioned. 

The  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  City 
OF  Frankfort, 

Per  Edmund  H.  Taa’lor,  Jr.;  Mayor. 

Southern  Gas  Works  Company, 

Per  H.  D.  Fitch,  Vice-President. 

Attest: 

F.  \h  Graa^  City  Clerk. 

GAS  contract. 

H.  'C.  AIcDowell,  President  of  the  Capital  Gas  and 
Electric  Light  Co.,  appeared  before  the  Board  and  pre- 
sented an  assignment  from  the  Southern  Gas  Works 
Com})any  of  the  contract  in  writing  between  the  last 
named  'company  and  this  Board,  of  date  May  30th, 
'1882,  which  said  assignment  reads  as  follows,  to-wit: 


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SALE  OF  GAS  WORKS, 


Louisville,  Ky. , June  26th,  1882. 

For  value  received  tlie  Southern  Gas  Works  Com- 
Com})any  hereby  assigns  tlie  benefits  of  this  contract 
to  the  Capital  Gas  and  Electric  Light  Company,  and 
authorizes  it  as  its  assigns  to  execute  and  deliver  the 
forty  bonds  of  one  thousand  dollars  each  and  obtain 
and  receive  the  deed  of  conveyance  from  the  Board 
of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  as  provided  for 
in  this  contract. 

In  witness  whereof  the  Southern  Gas  Works  Com- 
pany, by  H.  D.  Fitch,  its  Vice-President,  hereunto 
attaches  its  name  and  affixes  its  corporate  seal,  this 
June  26th,  1882. 

Southern  Gas  Works  Company, 
[Seal.]  By  H.  D.  Fitch,  Vice-President. 

L.  T.  Rosengarted,  Sec’y  and  Treas. 

Gen.  D.  W.  Lindsey,  on  behalf  of  the  Capital  G^s 
and  Electric  Light  Company,  presented  the  following, 
to-wit : 

Whereas  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  did  make  and  enter  into  a contract,  of  date 
May  30th,  1882,  with  the  Southern  Gas  Works  Company, 
by  which  said  Board  sold  to  said  Gas  Works  Company 
the  gas  works,  property,  fixtures,  improvements,  mains, 
efec.,  then  belonging  to  said  city  of  Frankfort,  and  situated 
therein,  and  the  said  Gas  Works  (Jompany  did,  among 
other  things,  bind  and  obligate  itself,  or  assigns,  to  ex- 
tend the  said  gas  mains  and  pipes  across  the  bridge,, 
over  Kentucky  river  in  said  city,  and  into  South  Frank- 
fort and  lay  therein  not  less  than  two  miles  of  gas  mains, 
and  said  Board  guaranteed  to  said  Gas  Works  Company 
and  its  assigns  the  right  of  way  across  said  bridge  over 
Kentucky  river,  from  North  to  South  Frankfort,  to  lay 
and  conduct  thereon  its  said  mains  and  pipes,  and  said 
Gas  Works  Compi^ny  having  assigned  and  transferred  the 


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SALE  OF  GAS  WOHKS. 

benetit  of  said  contract  to  the  Capital  Gas  and  Electric 
Light  Company,  and  the  latter  company,  having  been 
placed  in  })ossession  of  said  gas  works  proi>erty,  is  now 
in  good  faith  performing  the  obligations  of  said 
contract  by  improving,  enlarging  and  extending  said 
gas  works  and  mains,  and  is  now  ready  and  desirious 
of  extending  and  conducting  said  mains  across  said 
bridge  and  into  South  Frankfort,  and  to  that  end  has 
obtained  by  order  of  the  Franklin  County  Court  the 
right  and  consent  of  said  county  and  county  court,  as  a 
stockholder  in  said  bridge,  or  the  bridge  company,  to 
which  said  bridge  now  belongs,  to  so  extend  and  con- 
duct said  mains  across  said  bridge,  and  the  said  city 
of  Frankfort  of  Board  or  Councilmen  thereof  being 
the  owner  or  owners  of  all  the  stock  in  said  bridge  or 
bridge  company,  not  owned  by  said  county  or  county 
court,  now,  therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  hy  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city 
of  Frankfort : 

That  the  said  Capital  Gas  and  Electric  Light  Company 
is  hereby  authorized  and  permitted  to  extend  and  connect 
said  mains  across  said  bridge  and  use  and  maintain  the 
same  thereon,  and  may  attach  the  same  to  the  timbers 
and  frame-work  thereof,  so  as  not  to  obstruct  the  free 
use  and  travel  over  the  same,  and  so  as  not  to  injure  or 
weaken  the  same. 


RESOLUTIONS. 


Is  s IT  a n c e of 
bonds  in  the 
sum  of  ^25,000 
for  benefit  of 
public  schools, 
<&c. 


Enrollment  of 
Ordinances. 


JJancIs  for  Sohaol  Pui'pfjsos, 

On  motion  it  was  ordered,  that  whereas,  by  act  of 
the  General  Assembly  of  tlie  Commonwealth  of  Ken- 
tucky, approved  April  25,  18S4,  and  an  Ordinance 
adojited  July  1,  1884,  the  Council  was  authorized  to 
issue  bonds  for  school  purposes,  and  by  an  act  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Kentucky, 
approved  March  26,  1884,  and  an  Ordinance  adopted 
by  the  City  Council  on  June  10,  1884,  authorizing  the 
issuance  of  bonds  in  the  sum  of  $25,000  to  fund  the 
floating  del)t  of  the  city  of  Frankftnd,  it  is  now  ordered 
that  said  bonds  be  now  issued  as  aforesaid, . and  when 
so  issued,  that  they  be  placed  in  the  custod}^  of  the 
Board  of  Sinking  Commissioners  for  the  benefit  of 
Frankfort  Pulilic  Scliool,  for  that  amount  collected  by 
the  city  from  the  Lottery  Fund,  and  due  said  fund  by 
the  city. 


I^nrollment  af  Or'dinanoes, 

That  the  following  rules  lie,  and  they  are  hereby, 
ado})ted  to  govern  the  enrollment  of  Ordinances  and 
Resolutions  passed  by  this  body,  and  their  presentation 
to  tlie  itlayor  for  his  approval: 

1.  The  President  shall  appoint  three  members  of  the 
Council  as  a standing  committee  on  Enrollments. 

2.  After  an  Ordinance  or  Resolution  shall  have  been 
adopted  by  the  Council,  it  shall  be  duly  enrolled  on 
paper,  under  the  signature  of  the  Clerk. 

3.  The  Clerk  of  the  Council  shall  take  charge  of  all 
Ordinances  and  Resolutions  that  may  be  adopted  by 
the  Board,  carefully  preserve  the  same,  and  cause  then) 


RESOLUTIONS. 


121 


to  be  i)lainly  and  legil)ly  enrolled,  without  blots  or 
erasure,:!,  and  present  the  same  when  <mrolled  to  the 
President  for  his  signature. 

4.  When  Ordinances  or  resolutions  are  enrolled,  they 
shall  be  examined  by  the  Standing  Committee  on  En- 
rollments, appointed  for  that  purpose,  any  two  of  whom 
shall  be  sutficient  to  compare  the  enrolled  with  the  en- 
grossed Ordinance  or  Resolution,  as  may  be,  and  to 
correct  any  errors  that  may  be  discovered  in  the  en- 
rolled Ordinance  or  Resolution. 

5.  After  an  Ordinance  or  Resoluti-on  shall  have  been 
enrolled  and  signed  by  the  President  of  the  Board,  it 
shall  be  presented  by  said  committee  to-  the  Mayor  for 
his  approval;  the  said  committee  shall  report  the  day 
of  presentation  to  the  Mayor  to  the  next  regular  meet- 
ing of  the  Council,  which  time  shall  be  carefully  en- 
tered by  the  Clerk  in  the  minutes  of  the  Board. 


A^pplicntion  far  Saloon  I^iaense. 

Resolved,  That  no  saloon  licenses  shall  be  granted  to 
any  person  or  firm  unless  such  person  or  firm  shall 
make  application  to  the  Council  for  such  license  in 
writing,  and  file  with  such  application  the  written  con- 
sent of  at  least  two-thirds  of  all  the  })ersons  residing 
within  two  hundred  feet  of  the  place  where  such  busi- 
ness is  to  be  carried  on. 


Monthly  Committee  Meetings. 

Resolved,  That  the  Chaiiunan  of  each  Committee  be 
rec|uired  to  call  his  committee  together  for  the  traiiBac- 
iion  of  business  at  least  once  every  month,  and  to  fix 
time  and  place,  for  said  meeting,  as  he  nfay  deem 
proper. 


Application  s 

iui  vS.-iiuoii  li- 
cense. 


Each  commit- 
tee of  the  Coun- 
cil to  hoi  (1 
monthly  meet- 
ings. 


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KESOLUTIONS. 


City  Attorney  to 
see  to  the  col- 
lection of  over- 
due taxes. 


All  city  war- 
rants to  be  en- 
dorsed by  Presi- 
dent of  Board, 
Ac. 


Street  Commit- 
tee to  keep  rec- 
ord of  amounts 
expended  in 
each  ward  on 
streets. 


Street  Commit- 
tee to  receive 
bids  for  con- 
) structlng  pave- 
ments, gutter- 
ing and  curb- 
ing. 


C<}llection  of  Overdue  Tajvies. 

Uesolved,  Tliat  the  City  Attorney  be  directed  to  take 
proper  legal  proceedings  to  secure  the  payment  of  all 
overdue  taxes.  That  the  city  will  agree  to  the  employ- 
ment of  additional  counsel  when,  in  their  judgment,, 
such  employment  is  necessary. 


I Its, 

Besolved,  That  all  warrants  issued  upon  the  Treasury 
by  the  City  Clerk,  pursuant  t<^  the  orders  of  the  Coun- 
cil, shall  be  endorsed  upon  their  face  with  the  signature 
of  the  President  of  the  Council,  or,  in  his  absence,  by 
the  Cliairman  or  other  member  of  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee. 

Records  of  Street  Iniprovenients  to  he  Rept. 

Besolved,  That  it  shall  be  the  d.uty  of  the  Street 
Commissioner  to  keep  a book,  showing  the  amount  of 
money  expended  on  the  streets  by  wards,  and  report 
same  to  the  Council  monthly,  under  the  following 
heads,  viz  : 

No.  of  perch  of  rock  spread  and  cost  of  same. 

No.  of  new  crossings  made  and  cost  of  same. 

No.  of  old  crossings  repaired  and  cost  of  same. 

No.  (jf  feet  of  new  guttering  made  and  cost  of  same. 

Other  v.'ork  not  specified  and  cost  of  same. 

No.  of  feet  of  old  guttering  made  and  cost  of  same. 

Street  Committee  to  Receive  Bids  for  Im» 
provemen  ts, 

Besolved,  That  the  Committee  on  Streets  be  author- 
ized to  receive  bids  as  to  what  price  per  lineal  foot  the 
bidder  will  construct  pavements,  curbing  and  guttering, 
where  same  has  not  been  done  in  conformity  to  orders 
of  Council,  and  Avhich  may  be  thereafter  ordered  to  be 


RESOLUTIONS. 


123 


constructed  by  Council  on  recommendation  of  the 
Street  Committee;  bids  to  be  upon  each  class  of  work 
separately,  the  work  to  be  done  as  specified  by  Ordi- 
nance and  under  the  instructions  of  the  Street  Com- 
mittee, and  compensation  therefor  to  be  assessed  and 
collected  as  a tax  upon  the  projjerty  of  the  citizen  lia- 
ble, as  provided  by  law,  Council  to  reserve  the  right 
to  reject  any  or  all  bids. 


Lattery  Fund  Bonds, 

Ordered  that  bonds  in  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand 
dollars  be  issued  in  payment  of  that  amount  due  from 
the  city  of  Frankfort  for  the  fund  collected  by  it  from 
the  lottery,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Frankfort  City  School, 
and  when  issued  to  be  delivered  to  the  Board  of  Sink- 
ing Fund  (Commissioners  for  safe  keeping. 


Sonl, 

Resolved,  That  the  new  seal  of  the  city,  now  in  pos- 
session of  the  Clerk,  said  seal  having  on  its  face  the 
words  ‘'City  of  Frankfort,”  and  the  figure  of  a western 
steamboat,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  adopted  as  the 
lawful  seal  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  from  and  after  this 
date. 


Bands  In  tte 
sum  of  $50,000 
to  be  issued  to 
cover  Lottery 
Fund  expended 


The  new  seal  of 
the  city. 


CITY  CHARTER. 


Corporate  lim- 
its. 


Number  and 
qualifications  of 
Comicilmen, 


Amended  by  act 
of  April  30, 1888. 


Style  of  incor- 
poration — may 
use  a common 
seal;  power  to 
contract,  to  sue 
and  be  sued,  &c. 


AN  ACT  to  amend  and  reduce  into  one  the  several  acts  in  rela- 
tion to  the  City  of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  hij  th,e  General  Asscmhli/  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky: 

g 1.  That  the  plan,  plat  and  map  of  the  town  of 
Frankfort,  executed  in  the  year  1839,  by  R.  M.  Stealey, 
and  recorded  in  the  Clerk’s  office  of  the  Court  of  Ap- 
peals, and  the  map  or  plan  of  Sontli  Frankfort,  on  file 
in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Franklin  County  (-ourt, 
shall  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  declared  to  he,  the 
true  map,  plat  and  plan  of  the  city  of  Frankfort;  that 
the  originals  or  attested  copies  of  said  maps  may  be 
used  in  evidence  in  the  same  manner  that  other*i’ecords 
and  copies  thereof  may  he  used  ; and  the  corporate 
limits  and  jurisdiction  of  said  city  of  Frankfort  shall 
extend  to  the  limits  indicated  and  defined  in  said  maps. 

§ 2.  The  fiscal,  prudential  and  municiiial  concerns 
of  said  city,  with  the  government  and  control  thereof, 
shall  be  vested  in  eight  Councilmen,  five  of  whom  shall 
form  a quorum  to  transact  business,  and  all  of  'whom 
shall  have  resided  in  said  city  one  year  next  preceding 
their  election,  and  be  freeholders  therein,  and  at  least 
one  of  whom  shall  reside  in  South  Frankfort. 

§ 3.  That  said  Councilmen  and  their  successors  shall 
he  a hod3"-politic  and  corporate,  and  shall  be  known  by 
the  name  and  style  of  the  ‘'Board  of  Councilmen  of 
the  City  of  Frankfort;”  and  by  that  name  shall  be  ca- 
pable in  law  of  contracting  and  being  contracted  witln 
of  suing  and  being  sued,  of  jileading  and  being  im- 
pleaded, of  answering  and  being  answered,  of  defend- 
ing and  being  defended,  in  all  courts  and  places  ; and 


CITY  CHARTER. 


125 


may  have  ami  use  a common  or  private  seal,  and  do  all 
other  acts,  matters  and  things  which  a body-politic  and 
corporate  having  perpetual  succession  may  lawfully 
and  riglitfully  do  and  perform. 

g 4.  The  said  Councilmen  shall  be  elected  annually 
on  the  first  Saturday  in  January,  by  the  qualified  voters 
of  said  city  Avho  shall  have  paid  their  poll-tax  for  the 
preceding  year,  and  all  arrearages  and  taxes  by  them 
due  to  said  city,  which  payment,  on  being  questioned, 
must  be  satisfactorily  shown.  The  said  Councilmen 
shall  hold  their  office  for  one  year,  and  until  tlieir  suc- 
cessors shall  be  elected  and  qualified.  They  shall,  in 
addition  to  the  constitutional  oath,  take  an  oath  before 
some  officer  authorized  to  administer  oaths,  that  they 
will  faithfully,  and  without  favor  or  affection  to  any 
one,  dischai-ge  the  duties  that  may  devolve  upon  them 
as  Councilmen  during  their  continuance  in  office. 
They  shall  have  power  to  fill  any  vacancy  that  may 
occur  in  their  own  body.  They  shall  elect  one  of  their 
own  body  Mayor,  who  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of 
the  Board  when  present;  and,  in  his  absence,  a Mayor 
pro  tempore  shall  be  chosen  from  among  the  members 
of  the  Board,  and  shall  have  power  to  administer  oaths 
to  any  officer  appointed  by  the  Board,  or  concerning 
any  flatter  pending  before  the  Board  or  connected  with 
the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  said  city;  and  any 
oath  so  administered  by  the  Matmr  shall  be  as  valid 
and  binding  as  if  administered  by  a Justice  of  the 
Peace.  The  election  of  Councilmen  shall  be  conducted 
by  one  or  more  of  the  members  of  the  Board,  or  such 
other  persons  as  shall  he  appointed  by  the  Board  for 
that  purpose,  and  shall  be  held  at  such  place  as  the 
Board  may  direct.  The  officers  conducting  the  election 
of  Councilmen  and  other  elective  officers  shall  return 
the  names  of  the  persons  elected,  which  shall  be  re- 


When  Council- 
m e n elected, 
and  qualifica- 
tion.s  of  voters, 
term  of  office, 
&c. 


Amended  by  act 
of  ArrilSO,  1888. 


Oath. 


Vacancy. 


Mayor  — how 
chosen,  and  du- 
ties of. 


Amended  by  act 
of  April  30, 1888. 


Election  — how 
conducted. 


See  act  April 
30, 188J. 


12G 


CITY  CIIARTHR. 


V a c a n c y in 
beard  — how 
filled. 


Time  of  meet- 
ings. 


Penalty  for  fail- 
ing to  attend. 


Board  may  hold 
real  estate. 


May  lease,  sell, 
and  convey 
same. 


Sale  of  real  es- 
tate—how  made 


corded  liy  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  in  his  official  book. 
At  least  ten  days’  notice  of  the  time  and  })lace  or  places 
of  holding  any  election  for  officers  of  said  city  shall  be 
given  by  advertisement  in  some  newspaper  published 
therein.  Should  any  Councilman  be  absent  from  the 
meetings  of  the  Board  for  three  months,  the  Board 
may,  by  unanimous  vote  of  all  the  remaining  Coun- 
cilrnen,  by  resolution  to  that  effect,  entered  upon  their 
records,  declare  his  seat  vacated,  and  may  fill  the  va- 
cancy caused  by  his  removal  as  in  other  cases. 

§ 5.  The  Board  of  Councilmen  nia^y  from  time  to 
time,  by  By-laws  or  Ordinances,  fix  and  regulate  the 
tinips  and  places  of  their  regular  meetings,  and  also 
prescribe  the  mode  in  which  special  meetings  may  be 
called;  and  may  inflict  a penalty  on  any  member  for 
non-attendance,  not  exceeding  two  dollars  for  failing  to 
attend  any  one  meeting,  such  fines  to  be  collected  by 
the  Marshal  on  the  order  of  the  Board  so  directing  him, 
attested  bv  the  Mayor  and  Clerk,  and  shall  be  ap- 
plied to  the  purchase  of  stationery,  lights  and  fuel  for 
said  Board. 

§ G.  That  the  Board  of  Councilmen  and  their  suc- 
cessors shall  have  power  and  authority  to  take,  receive 
and  hold  real,  personal  and  mixed  estate,  by  purchase, 
devise,  bequest  or  donation,  for  the  use  and  benefit  of 
said  city,  and  may  use,  appropriate,  lease  or  sell  and 
convey,  by  deed  or  mortgage,  any  real,  personal  or 
mixed  estate  which  may  be  so  taken,  purchased,  or 
received  by  them,  or  which  is  now  held  by,  or  has  been 
conveyed  to,  tlie  said  city  of  Frankfort,  in  such  man- 
ner and  upon  such  terms  as  they  may  deem  expedient: 
Provided,  hoivever,  That  no  sale  or  lease  of  any  such 
real  estate  shall  be  made,  unless  the  same  is  sanctioned 
and  approved  by  at  least  six  members  of  the  Council 
at  a regular  meeting  thereof,  which  shall  appear  by  a 


CITY  CHART  EM. 


127 


vote  by  yeas  and  nays,  recorded  in  full  upon  the  re- 
corded proceedings  of  the  Board,  giving  the  individual 
names  of  the  Councilinen  who  voted  for,  and  those  who 
voted  against  it.  When  any  sale  or  conveyance  of  real 
estate  shall  have  been  so  ordered  by  the  Council,  a deed 
in  pursuance  of  such  order  may  be  executed  and  ac- 
knowledged by  the  Mayor,  attested  by  the  Clerk  of  the 
Board  of  Councilinen  who  shall  affix  the  seal  of  the  city 
thereto;  and  when  so  ordered,  executed  and  acknowl- 
edged, such  deed  shall  be  effectual  to  pass  title  to  the 
purchaser. 

§ 7.  That  the  title  to  all  the  streets  and  alleys  in  said 
city,  and  to  all  the  real,  personal  or  mixed  estate  which 
now  does,  or  may  hereafter  belong  to  said  city,  includ- 
ing the  water-works  from  the  point  where  they  com- 
mence, at  or  near  Cove  Spring,  in  the  county  of 
Franklin,  to  the  point  or  points  at  which  they  may  ul- 
timately terminate  within  said  city;  and  the  gas  works, 
together  with  all  fixtures,  appurtenances,  and  append- 
ages thereto,  and  to  all  the  real  estate  which  has  been 
or  may  hereafter  be  secured  for  the  benefit  of  either 
said  water  or  gas  works,  with  all  the  rights,  privileges 
and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging,  shall  be,  and  the 
same  is  hereby,  vested  in  said  Board  of  Councilinen  and 
their  successors  in  office;  and  they  shall  have  full  power 
and  authority  to  maintain  and  carr3Miito  judgment  and 
execution  an}^  action  or  actions  of  trespass  for  any  in- 
jury done  to  the  same;  and  may,  in  like  manner,  main- 
tain and  carry  into  judgment  and  execution  any  other 
appropriate  action  or  actions,  at  law  or  in  equity,  for 
the  recovery  of  their  property,  or  for  damages  for  the 
detention,  taking,  injury,  or  destruction  of  the  same; 
and  the  same  process  may  issue,  arid  execution  be 
awarded,  as  are  applicable,  by  law,  to  suits  b}^  private 


Title  to  streets, 
alleys  and  real 
property  vested 
in  Councilinen. 


Tney  raayinair- 
tain  action  for 
trespass  or  in- 
jury to,  or  to  re- 
cover, or  for 
damages  for  de- 
tention of  same 


V28 


CITY  CHARTER. 


Jury  sluill  not 
be  limited  to 
si)ecilic  peimlty 
or  amount. 


Police  Judge  or 
Justice  of  the 
Peace,  jurisdic- 
t ion.  vv  h e n 
amount  not  ex- 
ceeding §50. 


Board  mayclear 
streets  and  al- 
leys of  obstruc- 
tions. 


Authority  to 
erect  and  sink 
cisterns,  wells, 
a n (1  p u m p s , 
keep  open 
springs. 


To  protect  pub- 
lic grounds. 


To  abate  nuis- 
ances. 


To  regulate 
storage  of  com- 
bustible or  un- 
healthy matter. 


To  regulate 
chimneys,  flues, 
&c. 


imlividiuils:  Provided,  however,  That  suits  or  proceed- 
ings tiius  instituted,  in  wliicli  tlie  said  Board  of  Coun- 
cilnien  do  not  sue  for  a sjiecific  penalty,  the  jury  shall 
not  be  limited  in  their  verdict  by  the  amount  of  any 
specific  penalty  annexed  to  the  offense  for  which  the 
suit  was  brought  or  proceeding  instituted,  but  shall  be 
governed  by  the  same  discretion  which  regulates  their 
verdicts  in  suits  between  private  individuals:  And  pro- 
vided also.  That  in  all  such  cases,  when  the  damages 
are  laid  at  a sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  the 
Police  Judge  of  said  city,  or  any  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
shall  have  concurrent  jurisdiction,  subject  to  appeal  as 
in  other  cases. 

§ 8.  That  the  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  have’  power 
and  authority  to  clear  the  streets,  alleys,  sidewalks  and 
passways  in  said  city  of  all  obstructions;  to  erect  and 
sink  cisterns,  Avells  and  pumps,  and  keep  open  all 
springs  in  said  city,  and  to  declare  them  free  to  the 
use  of  the  public.  They  shall  also  have  power  and 
authority  to  preserve  and  protect,  free  from  incum- 
brance, all  public  grounds  and  improvements  in  said 
city.  They  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  re- 
inove,  or  cause  to  be  removed  and  abated,  any  nuisance 
or  nuisances  in  said  city,  and  to  regulate  the  storage  or 
removal  of  any  combustible  or  uiiAvliolesome  material 
that  may  tend  to  endanger  property,  or  injure  the 
health  or  diminish  the  comfort  of  the  citizens  or  the 
public;  they  shall  also  have  power  and  authority  to 
cause  any  chimne3"s,  flues,  stove-pipes,  fire-places  or 
hearths,  that,  in  their  judgment,  may  threaten  the  se- 
curity of  property,  to  be  changed  and  repaired,  so  as  to 
remove  the  cause  or  danger  of  insecuritv,  and  may  pre- 
scribe the  height,  location,  material,  and  dimensions  of 
all  such  chimneys,  flues,  stove-pipes,  fire-places  and 
hearths,  as  may  hereafter  be  erected  in  said  city;  they 


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129 


shall  also  have  power  and  autliority  to  cause  the  owners 
and  occupiers  of  pro[)crty  fronting  on  streets  or  alleys 
to  keep  the  streets,  alleys  or  [nivements  in  front  of 
them  free  from  obstructions,  dire  or  filth;  and  in  all 
cases  enumerated  in  this  section,  when  the  person  or 
persons  who  should  do  so  fail  or  refuse  to  obey  and 
perform  the  directions  given,  or  the  regulations  or  Or- 
dinances passed  in  relation  thereto  by  the  Board  of 
Councilmen,  they  may  cause  the  same  to  be'  executed, 
done,  or  .performed;  and  all  co.sts  and  charges  thus 
incurred  shall  be  paid  by  those  who  should  have  com- 
plied with  the  directions  or  Ordinances  of  the  Board  in 
relation  thereto,  and  may  be  recovered  by  warrant  in 
the  name  of  the  Board  of  Councilmen,  before  the  Police 
Judge,  or  any  Justice  of  the  Peace  having  jurisdiction, 
or  by  suit  in  the  Franklin  Quarterly  or  Circuit  Court. 
And,  in  addition,  the  Board,  of  Councilmen  may,  by  or- 
der or  Ordinance,  affix  a penalty  by  way  of  fine,  im- 
prisonment, or  both,  for  any  failure  to  comply  with,  or 
violation  of,  any  regulation,  direction  or  Ordinance  au- 
thorized in  this  act,  enforceable  by  warrant  before  the 
Police  Judge  of  said  city,  any  Justice  of  the  Peace  hav- 
ing jurisdiction,  the  Presiding  Judge  of  the  Franklin 
County  Court,  or  by  indictment  in  the  Franklin  Circuit 
Court. 

§ 0.  That  said  Board  of  Councilmen  may  cause  the 
said  city,  and  the  grounds  belonging  thereto,  to  be  or- 
namented in  such  way  as  they  may  deem  expedient, 
with  fencing,  trees  and  shrubs,  and  provide  for  the  pro- 
tection of  the  same;  and  any  person  who  shall  wilfully 
injure  or  deface  such  fencing,  trees,  or  shrubs,  or  any 
one  or  part  thereof,  or  the  boxing  or  protection  ofthe  same, 
or  any  public  house  or  property  in  said  city,  shall,  for 
every  such  offense,  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  ten 

nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  to  be  recovered  by  warrant 

10 


To  cause  pron- 
erty-holders  to 
keep  streets, 
&c.,  (Oar, 


Penalty  for  fail- 
ing to  comi'ly 
with  requ^re- 
luentsof  Boaid. 


Recovered  by 
V,  arrant  before 
Police  Judge  or 
other  court  of 
competent  ju- 
lisdiction. 

Additional  pen- 
alties may  be 
prescribed. 


How  recovered. 


May  cause  city 
and  grounds  to 
be  ornamented. 


Penalty  for  de- 
facing or  ln,iur- 
ing  city  prop- 
erty. 


130 


CITY  CHARTER, 


May  r e (i  u I r e 
property-hio  1 <1  - 
ers  to  f^rade, 
improve,  curb, 
repair  or  con- 
stmct  streets, 
alleys,  side- 
walks, &c. 


If  owner  fail. 
Board  may  have 
work  done. 


Cost  of  work, 
when  done  by 
Board,  a tax  on 
lots. 


Collected  as 
other  taxes. 

How  notice  of 
order  to  im- 
prove streets, 
&c.,  given. 


in  tlie  name  of  the  Board  of  Councilmen  before  the  Po- 
lice Judge,  the  Presiding  Judge  of  the  Franklin  County 
Court,  or  any  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

§ 10.  Tliat  the  Board  of  Councilmen  may,  from  time 
to  time,  direct  and  require  the  owners  of  lots  or  parts  of 
lots  in  said  city,  fronting  on  any  street  or  alley,  to  cause 
suitable  sidewalks  in  fi’ont  of  their  respective  lots  or  frac- 
tions of  lots  to  be  graded,  curbed  and  paved,  in  such  man- 
ner, with  such  material,  of  such  width,  and  atsuch  eleva- 
tion, as  the  Board  may  deem  expedient;  also  to  repair  the 
same  in  such  mode  and  manner,  and  at  such  time  as  the 
Board  may  direct;^and  also  to  grade  and  pave  or  mac- 
adamize one  half  of  the  street  or  alley  in  front  of  the 
whole  line  or  lines  of  their  lots  or  fractions  of  lots,  in  such 
mode  and  manner  as  they  may  direct.  J If  the  owner  or 
owners  of  such  lot  or  lots  or  fraction  of  such  lot  or  lots 
fail  or  refuse  to  have  the  sidewalk,  street,  alley  or  gut- 
ter repaired,  paved,  graded,  macadamized,  curbed  or 
finished  within  the  time  and  in  the  manner  prescribed 
by  the  Board  of  Councilmen,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  said 
Board  to  have  the  same  done ; and  all  costs  and 
charges  expended  or  incurred  in  the  execution  of  such 
work,  shall  be  taken  and  be  a tax  upon  said  lots  or 
fractions  of  lots,  and  the  owners  thereof  respectively, 
in  proportion  to  the  amount  which  the  whole  improve- 
ment made  under  such  order  bears  to  the  length  in 
front  of  said  lots  or  fractions  of  lots  respectively, 
which,  when  ascertained  and  determined  as  the  said 
Board  of  Councilmen  may,  by  Ordinance  now  in  forge 
or  hereafter  to  be  ]>assed,  provide,  shall  be  listed  with 
the  Marshal  of  the  city,  and  collected  as  other  taxes. 
Notice  of  such  order  or  direction  for  constructing,  re- 
pairing, grading,  paving,  macadamizing  or  curbing 
streets,  alleys,  sidewalks  or  gutters,  shall  be  given  by 
publication  in  tlie  newspaper  of  the  Public  Printer  for 


CITY  CHARTER. 


131 


the  time  l)eing,  for  one  month,  ]>y  successive  weekly 
publications  therein,  or  by  j)rinted  notice  set  up  at  the 
door  of  the  ]\Iarket-house  and  at  twenty  other  public 
places  in  said  city  one  month  previous  to  the  time  fixed 
for  the  completion  of  such  work;  and  a copy  of  such 
order  or  direction,  if  published  in  the  newspaper,  ac- 
companied with  the  affidavit  of  the  Public  Printer  that 
the  same  has  been  duly  published  as  herein  provided, 
or  a copy  of  such  printed  notice,  accompanied  by  the 
affidavit  of  the  Marshal  that  he  posted  the  same  as  re- 
quired b}^  this  section,  may  be  recorded  in  the  Clerk’s 
office  of  the  Franklin  County  Court,  and  shall  be  prima 
facie  evidence  that  said  order  or  direction  was  given 
and  publication  made  as  required  by  this  act,  and  at- 
tested copies  of  the  same  may  be  used  on  the  trial  of 
any  cause,  and  shall  have  the  same  force  and  effect  as 
other  attested  copies  now  authorized  by  law. 

§ 11.  That  said  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  be  author- 
ized to  purchase  and  hold  any  quantity  of  ground,  not 
exceeding  fift}"  acres,  within  two  miles  of  the  limits  of 
city  of  Frankfort,  for  a burying  ground;  and  may  make 
all  needful  and  necessary  regulations  for  the  use  and 
protection  of  the  same.  The}^  shall  have  full  power  to 
purchase  and  erect  necessary  ground  and  buildings  for 
a free  school  or  schools  in  said  city  ; and  to  make 
all  provisions  for  the  support  thereof  by  levying  and 
collecting  such  taxes  as  may  be  authorized  by  law. 
They  may  also  establish  or  authorize  fire  and  liook  and 
ladder  companies,  the  members  of  which  companies 
shall  be  exempt  from  militaiy  duty  in  said  city,  and 
prescribe  rules  for  their  management,  and  procure  the 
necessary  engines,  hose  and  implements  to  be  used  in 
case  of  fire;  and  may  require  all  the  inhabitants  of 
said  city  to  keep  such  number  of  buckets  as  the}^  ^^^^y 


How  publica- 
tion of  notice 
proven. 


May  purchase 
burying-grouud 
and  regulate 
and  protect  the 
same. 


May  purchase 
ground  and 
erect  buildings 
for  public 
schools  and 
levy  tax  to  sup- 
port same. 


May  establish, 
authorize,  and 
regulate  fire  de- 
partment. 


Procure  en- 
gines, &c. 


132 


CTTY  CHAKTKK. 


May  reciuire  cit- 
izens to  do  lire 
duty. 


Watc  h - h o u s e 
and  Work- 
house. 


Persons  fined 
maybe  commit- 
ted to  Work- 
house  till  fine  is 
paid. 


Fine  and  costs 
may  be  satis- 
fied by  labor  in 
Work-house  at 
$2  per  day. 

Amended  act  of 
Feb.  3,  1876. 

Board  may  pro- 
vide for  chain- 
gang  to  work 
offenders  on  the 
streets. 


May  assess  an- 
nual tax. 


tliiiik  necessary.  Tliey  may  re(|uire  all  the  able-bodied 
male  citizens  of  said  city  to  do  fire  duty,  under  such 
regulations  as  may  be  deemed  proper.  They  shall 
have  i)Ower  and  antbority  to  establish  a Wateb-bouse 
and  a Work-bouse,  and  to  a})point  watch  men  and  other 
otbeers  to  superintend  sucli  bouses,  and  to  apprehend 
all  offenders  and  disorderly  persons,  or  })ersons  keeping 
disorderly  bouses,  and  take  them  before  the  })roper 
tribunals,  to  be  dealt  with  according  to  law.  All  ])cr- 
sons  who  may  be  fined  or  sentenced  to  conlinement  by 
judgment  of  the  Police  Judge,  or  other  officer  author- 
ized to  try  offenses  under  this  act,  for  breaches  of  the 
peace,  riots,  routs,  affrays,  unlawful  assemblies,  keeping 
a disorderly  house,  or  any  other  offense  against  the 
Ordinances,  By-Laws,  Rules  or  Regulations  of  said  city,  or 
the  general  laws  of  the  State,  and  all  common  mendi- 
cants and  vagrants  may,  by  the  order  of  the  Police 
Judge,  or  other  officer  trying  the  case,  be  confined  in 
the  Work-bouse,  at  liard  labor,  during  the  period  of 
confinement  so  prescribed;  and  in  case  of  fine,  may  be 
so  confined  at  bard  labor  until  the  same  is  paid,  or 
until  said  fine,  with  all  fees  and  costs,  shall  have  been 
discharged  by  sucli  labor,  at  the  rate  of  two  dollars  per 
day.  And  said  Board  of  Councilmen  may  provide,  by 
Ordinance,  that  judgments  of  fine  and  imprisonment 
for  violations  of  the  general  laws  within  the  city,  the 
Charter,  By-Laws,  Rules  or  Ordinances  of  tbe  city,  shall 
he  satisfied  l)y  work  and  labor  done  upon  tlie  streets  or 
elsewhere  in  or  near  said  city;  and  to  this  end,  may 
provide  for  the  organization  of  such  offenders  into 
working  })arties,  with  })i*o})er  superintendents;  and,  to 
prevent  escape,  may  authorize  them  to  be  confined  or 
chained  together,  under  proper  regulations. 

§ 12.  That  the  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  have 
power  and  authority  to  assess  annually,  levy  and  col- 


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133 


lect,  a tax  not  oxcoeding  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  on 
the  hundred  dollars’  worth  of  ])ro])erty,  exclusive  of  the 
school  tax  and  fax  authorized  to  ])ay  princiiial  and  in- 
terest of  the  bonds  of  the  city  issued  for  school 
pui'})osos,  on  all  real  estate  'within  the  limits  of 
said  city,  and  all  bank  stocks,  bridge  stocks,  manufa^ 
turing  stocks,  or  any  other  kind  of  stocks,  money, 
notes,  or  bonds  of  cities,  towns,  corporations,  or  States, 
choses  in  actioi, , and  all  personal  estate  of  every  kind, 
not' exempt  by  law  from  execution,  belonging  to  citizens 
of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  any  capital  or  other  prop- 
erty belonging  to  any  other  corporation  or  citizen  of 
any  other  place  employed  in  said  city;  and  they  may^ 
also  levy  and  collect  a poll  tax,  cf  not  exceeding  two 
dollars  and  fifty  cents  each,  on  all  male  persons  within 
said  city^  over  the  age  of  twenty-one  y^ears.  They  may 
prescribe  the  time  and  mode  of  taking  the  lists  of  tax- 
able property^  for  city^  purposes,  and  of  ascertaining  the 
value  thereof,  and  of  correcting  the  lists  of  valuation 
of  the  Assessor;  aud  may^  fix  penalties  for  refusing  to 
give  in  list,  or  giving  in  a false  or  fraudulent  list;  and 
may  prescribe  an  oath,  to  be  administered  by  the  As- 
sessor to  all  persons  giving  in  lists  of  propertyv  The 
Glerk  of  the  Board  of  Councilmen  shall,  within  the 
time  prescribed  by  the  Board,  not  later  than  the  1st  of 
June  in  each  year,  record  in  a book  to  be  kept  by  him 
for  that  purpose,  the  A-^sessor’s  list,  with  any  corrections 
that  may  liave  been  made  therein  by"  the  Board;  and 
said  lists  thus  recorded,  or  copies  thereof,  attested  by^ 
said  Clerk,  shall  be  received  in  evidence  in  any  court, 
and  shall  be  j)rima  facie  evidence  that  the  Assessor  com- 
plied with  all  the  duties  required  of  him  by  law;  and 
shall  also  be  prf?7i« /acfe  evidence  that  all,  the  laws  in 
relation  to  the  fixing  and  adjustment  of  taxes  have  been 
regularly  complied  with  by  the  Board  of  Councilmen 


What  property 
taxable. 


Poll  tax. 


A.ssess  m e n t — 
how  made. 


lU 


CITY  CriARTER. 


May  tax  shows, 
l)e(l(llers,  auc- 
tioneers, &c. 


Amended  by  act 
of  Aj)rU  9,  IHbii. 


Exceptions. 


May  tax  and  re- 
quire to  be  li- 
censed drays, 
wagons,  hacKs, 
<tec. 

Lien  on  prop- 
erty till  tax 
paid. 


May  cla  s s i f y 
and  tax  stores, 
groceries,  &c. 


Goods  in  such 
stores  not  to  be 
included  in  As- 
sessor’s list. 


Exclusive  right 
to  license  cof- 
fee-houses, biil- 
iard-rooms,  liv- 
ery stables.  &c. 


and  otlier  city  odicers.  The  J^oaid  may  tax  all  tlm- 
atrical  porformances,  shows,  and  exhibitions  of  all 
kinds,  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  for 
such  exliihition  or  show  in  any  one  day.  They  may 
tax  all  auctioneers  and  peddlers  in  a sum  not  ex- 
ceeding five  per  cent,  on  the  gross  amount  of  sales 
for  all  goods,  wares  and  merchandise,  and  articles 
sold  within  said  city,  except  property  sold  by  citi- 
zens, of  their  own  manufacture,  or  by  order  of  court, 
or  by  executors,  administrators  or  guardians,  and  shall 
have  a lien  on  the  article  sold,  or  to  be  sold,  for  such 
tax,  until  the  same  is  paid,  or  the  person  selling  the 
same  takes  out  license  for  that  purpose.  They  shall 
have  power  to  tax,  and  require  to  be  licensed,  all  drays, 
wagons,  carts,  hacks,  coaches  and  baggage-wagons  ply- 
ing in  said  town  for  liire.  They  shall  have  a lien  on 
all  real  and  personal  estate  in  said  city  until  all  taxes 
due  by  the  owmers  thereof  are  paid;  and  all  such  prop- 
erty shall  be  liable  to  be  sold,  or  so  much  thereoL-as- 
will  pay  such  taxes  and  the  costs  of  sale. - 
have  power  and  authority  to  cause  all  stores  and  gro- 
ceries within  said  city  to  be  classified  and  divided  into 
six  classes,  and  may  collect  a tax  on  each  not  exceed- 
ing one  hundred  dollars  per  year  on  each  retail  store, 
and  not  exceeding  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per 
year  on  a wholesale  store:  Provided,  That  goods  in  such 
stores,  so  taxed  according  to  their  class,  shall  not  be 
valued  and  included  in  the  assessment  of  property  for 
taxation  in  said  city.  Tln^y  shall  have  the  right  to  tax, 
and  the  exclusive  right  to  license,  all  taverns,  groceries, 
coffee-houses,  confectioneries,  retaileis,  beer-saloons, 
billiard-saloons,  bowding-alleys  and  houses  of  public  re- 
sort, excepting  gambling-houses  or  houses  of  ill-fame, 
and  all  livery  or  liver}^  and  sale  stables  within  said  city, 
and  to  fix  the  tax  therefor,  in  addition  to  4he  tax  due 


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135 


the  State,  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dol- 
lars on  each  }>er  annum,  and  (o  discontinue  »said  li- 
cense, or  any  ]>art  thereof,  at  [)leasure.  The  Hoard  of 
Conncilmen  may  lix  a time  within  which  all  taxes  and 
assessments  due  the  city  shall  he  paid  to  the  Treasurer, 
and  if  not  ]'»aid  l)y  that  time,  may  cause  the  sanm  to  be 
listed  with  the  Marshal  or  other  proper  officer  for  col- 
lection, and  may  add  to  the  amount  due  in  each  case 
the  expense  of  such  collection,  not  exceeding  ten  per 
cent,  on  the  amount  so  due,  unpaid,  and  listed  as  afore- 
said; and  if  a levy  and  sale  are  required,  the  cost  thereof 
shall  also  he  added:  Provided,  That  tlie  Board  of  Coun- 
cilmen  shall  cause  the  Treasurer  of  said  city  to  pay, 
annually,  into  the  Public  Treasury  of  the  State,  the 
amount  belonging  to  the  public  revenue.  And  the 
Clerk  of  said  Board  of  Conncilmen  shall,  annually,  on 
the  31st  day  of  December,  make  report  of  the  number 
of  licenses  so  issued,  and  the  amount  of  State  tax  so 
collected  by  the  Treasurer;  and  the  said  Clerk  and 
Treasurer  may  be  proceeded  against  by  the  Auditor  for 
failure  to  perform  the  duties  herein  required  in  the  same 
manner  as  delinquent  Count}"  Court  Clerks  are  pro- 
ceeded against.  Any  law  giving  to  the  County  Court 
of  Franklin  county  the  power  to  grant  tavern  or  mer- 
chant’s licenses  within  the  limits  of  said  city  is  hereby 
repealed:  Provided  further,  That  the  provisions  of  this 
act  shall  in  nowise  change  the  mode  of  listing  mer- 
chandise for  taxation  in  said  city  for  the  State  revenue 
or  the  collection  of  the  tax  thereon. 

§ 13.  That  to  insure  uniformit}^  in  the  measurement 
or  weight  of  coal  and  wood,  and  all  other  articles  sold 
within  said  city  by  weight  or  measurement,  and  to  pro- 
tect the  citizens  from  im}»osition  in  the  sale  and  pur- 
chase of  such  articles,  the  Board  of  Councilmem  may 
appoint  a ‘‘Weigher  and  Measurer,”  or  “Inspector  of 


May  add  ten 
j)ei'  cent,  to 
taxes  it  not 
paid  in  speci- 
iied  time. 


State  tax  to  be 
paid. 


City  Clerk  to  re- 
port to  Auditor. 


Amended  by  act 
ot  Feb.  1,  1886. 


Authority  t o 
county  court  to 
gi’ant  licenses 
repealed. 


May  appoint 
Weigher  and 
Measurer  and 
prescribe  his 
duties. 


CITY  C.IIARTEH. 


13() 


Weights  and  Measures”  for  tlie  city,  and  may,  l>y  suit- 
able 1)\-Laws  or  Ordinances,  already  enacted  or  liere- 
after  to  lie  enacted,  regulate  the  duties  of  said  officer 
and  the  mode  and  manner  of  discharging  them;  and 
Shingles.  iirovidc  for  the  insjiection  of  shingles  and  illumi- 

nating oils  bought  or  sold  within  the  city.  They  may 
Penalties  prescribe  such  penalties  liy  fines  for  violations  of  tlie 
By-Laws,  Ordinances  and  Begulations  herein  authorized 
to  he  made  as  they  may  deem  proper,  not  exceading 
fift}'  dollars  for  a single  violation,  recoverable  as  other 
fines. 


May  create 
sinking  fund 
and  set  apart 
moneys  thereto 


May  levy  fifty 
cents  tax  for 
sinking  fund. 


May  invest  sur- 
plus money  of 
said  fund. 


Board  may  fund 
debt  and  is.sue 
bonds. 


§ 14.  That  the  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  have  au- 
thority to  create  a sinking  fund  to  enable  the  city  to 
pay  off  its  debt,  and  to  prescribe  and  designate  such 
taxes  on  licenses,  and  other  revenues,  to  be  paid  into  the 
sinking  fund,  as  they  may  deem  proper;  and  shall  have 
authority  to  levy  and  collect,  on  the  taxable  property 
within  said  city,  annually,  until  the  payment  of  the 
bonded  debt  of  the  city,  a special  tax  of  not  exceeding 
fifty  cents  on  the  one  hundred  dollars’  worth  of  prop- 
erty, which  tax  so  levied  and  collected  shall  be  applied 
only  to  the  payment  of  the  principal  or  interest  of  the 
debt  of  the  city;  and  the  Board  of  Councilmen  shall 
have  full  power  and  authority  to  order  the  investment 
or  re-investment  of  any  surplus  in  said  sinking  fund, 
from  time  to  time,  in  safe  and  profitable  securities. 

§ 15.  Whereas,  the  Board  of  Councilmen  have  re- 
cently incurred  a considerable  debt  by  the  purcliase  of 
a steam  fire-engine  and  necessary  ap})aratus,  and  the 
erection  of  an  engine-house  and  other  necessary  and 
pro})or  improvements,  all  done  upon  the  petition  of  the 
mass  of  property-holders  within  the  city;  therefore,  the 
said  Board  of  Counciinien  shall  have  }>ower  to  fund  the 
existing  debt  due  from  the  city,  and  are  hereby  author- 
ized to  issue  the  bonds  of  the  city,  in  any  sum  not 


CITY  CHARTER. 


VM 


exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars  for  any  period  not  more 
than  twenty  years,  payable  at  such  place  as  may  be 
fixed  by  Ordinance,  bearing  any  rate  of  interest  not 
exceeding  ten  per  cent.,  payable  semi-annually  or  other- 
wise; said  bonds  may  be  of  any  denamination  not  less 
than  one  hundred  nor  more  than  one  thousand' dollars 
each,  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor,  and  counter- 
signed by  the  Clerk,  and  shall  bear  the  seal  of  the  cor- 
poration; which  said  bonds,  so  issued  as  aforesaid,  may" 
be  sold  and  disposed  of  by  the  Board  of  Councilmen, 
upon  such  terms  and  in  such  manner  as  they  may  deem 
best  for  the  city  to  enable  them  to  discharge  said  debts. 
Or  said  Board  of  Councilmen  may  execute  the  note 
or  notes  of  the  city  to  any  such  citizen  or  citizens,  or 
corporations,  as  will  furnish  money  on  loan  for  the 
purposes  aforesaid,  payaljle  in  one,  two,  three,  four,  or 
five  years,  bearing  interest  at  an}"  rate  not  exceeding 
ten  per  cent,  per  annum,  whicli  said  note  or  notes  shall 
be  signed  by  the  Mayor,  and  attested  by  the  Clerk  of 
the  Board  of  Councilmen,  and  shall  beai- the  seal  of  the 
city,  and  being  so  executed  after  an  order  of  the  Coun- 
cil so  directing,  they  shall  create  a binding  obligation 
against  the  Board  of  Councilmen,  and  a lien  on  the 
property  of  the  city,  enforceable  as  other  contracts; 
Provided,  That  at  the  time  of  the  issual  of  such  bonds, 
or  the  execution  of  the  notes  as  aforesaid,  a sufficient 
tax  shall  be  levied  on  the  taxable  }>roperty  of  the  city 
to  meet  the  payments  stipulated  therein,  whether  of 
principal  or  interest,  and  shall  be  so  levied  and  col- 
lected annually,  till  the  said  debt  shall  be  fully  paid. 

§ IG.  That  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  shall  have  power  to  appoint  annually  a Clerk, 
Treasurer,  Assessor,  Market-Blaster,  Xight  and  Day 
BVatchmen,  Superintendent  of  Gas  and  BVater-BVorks, 
officers  of  dire  Department,  BVeigher  and  Bleasurer, 


Or  execute 
notes  of  city. 


r-bal  at  tlie 
time  of  i.ssuing 
:uch  bonds  or 
notes,  provide 
for  pajauent  by 
tax. 


M a y appoint 
officers  and  pre- 
so’ibe  tbeir  du- 
ties. iixsalarie.'. 
prescribe  bonds 
of.  &c. 


138 


CITY  ClIARTKIC 


Official  bond  to 
operate  a.  a 
mortgage  lien 
on  property  of 
officers  a ii  d 
sureties. 

Actions  on 
bonds. 


May  remove  of- 
ficers at  pleas- 
ure. and  fill  va- 
cancies. 


Board  possess 
^ all  p o vv  e r s 
granted  by  gen- 
eral laws. 


[iispector  of  Oils,  and  such  other  olficers  for  said  city  as 
may  be  neces.^^arv  to  carry  into  effiBct  the  Laws,  By-Laws, 
Ordinances,  Rules  and  Regulations  of  said  city, 
and  may  ju’escrihe  the  respective  duties  and  fix  and 
provide  for  the  payment  of  the  respective  salaries  of 
said  officers.  They  shall  rec|uire  bond,  with  sufficient 
surety,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  official 
duties  of  all  jiersons  appointed  by  them  to  fill  respon- 
sible offices.  All  such  official  bonds  shall  be  executed 
to  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort, 
and  may  contain  any  stipulations  and  covenants  that 
tlie  said  Board  may  think  proper  to  require,  and  shall 
be  approved  by  the  Board  and  kept  by  the  Clerk,  and, 
Avhen  executed,  shall  operate  as  mortgage  lien  on  the 
real  and  personal  estate  of  the  officers  and  their  secur- 
ities respectively,  until  all  the  conditions  of  such  bonds 
are  fully  comjilied  wdth;  and  proceedings  by  motion, 
or  suit  at  ffiw  or  in  equity,  may  be  maintained  thereon 
in  any  Court  of  competent  jurisdiction  held  within  the 
county  of  Franklin,  by  said  Board  o.f  Councilmen,  or 
any  person  aggrieved,  for  any  neglect  of,  or  failure  to 
perform,  official  duty,  and  for  all  damages  sustained  by 
reason  of  such  failure  on  the  part  of  any  of  said 
officers.  Said  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  have  full 
power  and  authority  at  any  time  to  remove  any  of  said 
officers  or  their  dei)uties,  and  to  appoint  others  in  their 
stead;  and  also  to  hll  any  vacancy  Avhich  may  occur  in 
any  of  said  offices  from  death,  resignation,  or  other 
cause.  The  Board  shall  require  all  officers,  before  en- 
tering upon  the  discharge  of  official  duty,  to  take  the 
constitutional  oath  and  such  other  oaths  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  Ordinance,  Order,  oi*  By-Law. 

§ 17.  That  the  said  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  ex- 
ercise and  })ossess  all  the  powers  and  })rivileges  which, 
by  tlie  genei’al  laws  of  the  land  in  relation  to  towns  and 


CITY  CIIARTKK. 


139 


<*ities,  are  granted  to  Trustees  or  Council  men ; and  shall 
have  full  power  and  authority  to  make  all  the  necessary 
l^y-Laws,  Rules,  Ordinances  and  Regulations,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  carrying  into  effect  the  powers  grcinted  by  this 
act,  and  also  such  as  may  be  necessaj'y  for  the  comfort, 
cleanliness,  good  order,  and  security  of  said  city  and 
the  citizens  thereof,  and  may  enforce  the  same  by 
adequate  penalties,  to  be  recovered  in  their  name  by 
warrant  before  the  Police  Judge  or  any  Justice  of  the 
I^eace  or  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  pro- 
vided the  same  are  not  contrary  to  the  Constitution  and 
laws  of  the  land.  Said  Board  of  Councilmen  shall 
have  the  same  franchises,  powers  and  authority  as  are 
conferred  on  the  managers  in  an  act,  entitled  ‘‘An  act 
for  the  benefit  of  the  City  School  of  the  town  of 
Frankfort,  and  for  other  purposes,”  approved  Februar}- 
1st,  1838,  and  shall  invest  all  money  realized  thereunder 
in  safe  and  solvent  securities,  and  may  use  and  appro- 
priate the  interest  and  profits  of  such  investment  for 
the  support  of  the  City  School.  The  present  Board 
of  Councilmen  and  officers  of  said  city  shall  continue 
in  office  until  their  successors  shall  be  duly  elected  and 
qualified;  and  they  are  hereby  invested  with  all  the 
})owers  and  privileges  which  the  Councilmen  and 
officers  to  be  elected  pursuaiR  tr»  this  act  shall  posess; 
and  all  Ordinances,  By-Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations  now 
in  force  in  said  city,  not  in  conflict  herewith,  are  de- 
clared to  be  in  full  force  and  effect,  and  shall  so  con- 
tinue until  repealed,  modified,  or  suspended  by  the 
Board  of  Councilmen.  No  suit  shall  be  instituted 
against  the  Board  of  Councilmen  except  in  some  Court 
held  in  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  service  of  processor! 
the  ^Icyor  shall  be  sufficient. 

§ 18.  The  Treasurer  appointed  by  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  shall  take  the  usual  oath  ol  .office,  and 
shall  execute  such  bond  as  tire  Board  of  Councilmen 


May  make  all 
necessary  b y - 
l iws,  mles,  or- 
dinances, &c., 
necessary  to 
c !iry  into  effect 
t^lis  charter,  or 
ne  es^ary  for 
the  comfort, 
good  govern- 
ment and  safe- 
ty of  the  city  or 
inhabitants,&c. 

May  enforce  the 
same  by  ade- 
quate penalties 


Granted  privi- 
leges of  act  of 
Feb.  1, 1838,  for 
City  School. 


Present  Board 
and  officers  to 
continue  t i i 1 
successors 
elect  e d and 
qualified. 


Ordinances,  by- 
laws, &c..  now 
i.a  force  to  have 
full  effect. 


Where  sued. 


Process  served 
on  Mayor. 


Treasurer— 
oath  an  I bond 
of. 


140 


CITY  CirAUTKH. 


Ills  duties. 


Temporary  va- 
cancy. 


Clerk  of  Board. 


Oath  and  bond 
of 


His  duty  to  pre- 
serve and  tu  n 
over  all  books 
and  papers  of 
his  office. 


may  require,  coii(]itioned  for  the  fniUilul  performance 
of  liis  duties  as  Treasurer,  witli  ’ good  security, 
to  be  aiiproved  liy  the  Board,  wlio  shall  be  wortli 
jointly,  in  })ro])erty  uiiiiicumbered  and  subject  to 
execution,  not  less  than  ten  thousand  dollars.  Ide 
shall  receive  and  receijit  for  all  moneys  due  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  shall  keep  a fair  and  accurate  record  of  all 
the  fiscal  concerns  of  the  city,  kee[)ing  sejiarate  ac- 
counts of  each  distinct  fund  which  may  exist  or  be 
created,  and  record  in  order  the  app^oinuations  of  the 
Board  as  certified  to  him  by  the  Clerk,  and  pay  the 
same  according  to  their  order.  He  shall  pay  out  no 
money  without  receiving  a copy  of  a resolution  of  the. 
Board,  signed  by  the  Clerk,  making  appropriation 
thereof,  or  such  other  certificate  or  warrant  as  the  Board 
of  Councilmen  by  Ordinance  may  prescribe  , and  he 
shall  file  all  such  orders  or  warrants  upon  which  pa}^- 
ment  is  made  by  him  and  preserve  the  same,  and  shall 
make  settlement  of  his  accounts  at  any  time  when  re- 
Cjuired  by  the  Board.  FTis  books  shall  at  all  times  be 
open  for  inspection  by  persons  having  claims  upon  the 
city  or  by  any  member  or  officer  of  the  Board.  He 
shall  make  report  to  the  Board  annually,  or  oftener,  as 
they  may  require  of  him,  of  all  moneys  received  and 
paid  out  by  him,  and  of  all  sums  due  the  city  and  un- 
paid, and  any  other  matter  connected  with  his  office; 
and  shall  at  all  times  be  ready  for  a settlement.  The 
Board  of  Councilmen  may  by  Ordinance  provide  for 
filling  a temporary  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Treasurer. 

§ 19.  The  Cfierk  of  the  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  take 
the  oath  required  by  the  Constitution  of  the  State,  and 
such  other  oath  as  the  Council  may  prescribe;  and  shall 
execute  bond,  containing  such  conditions  and  with  such 
security  as  the  Board  may  rcajuire.  It  shall  be  his 
duty  to  preserve  the  books,  papers,  records  and  eveiy- 


CITY  CHARTER. 


141 


tiling  belonging  to  his  office,  and  to  deliver  the  same 
to  his  successor.  He  shall  keej)  a regular  journal  of 
the  })i’oceedings  of  the  Board,  and  a regular  account  of 
the  fiscal  concerns  thereof.  He  shall  file  and  preserve 
the  })oll-hooks  of  all  city  elections,  an‘d  shall  record  the 
Acts,  Kesolutions,  Oi’ders  and  Ordinances  of  the  Board, 
and  the  assessment  of  property  for  taxation  for  city 
purposes,  after  the  same  shall  have  been  finally  cor- 
rected and  adopted  by  the  Board.  He  shall  keep  and 
preserve  all  records,  bonds,  agreements,  contracts  and 
oiher  papers  relating  to  the  interests  of  the  city,  except 
his  own  bond,  which  shall  he  in  the  custody  of  the 
'Treasurer.  He  shall  copy  and  sign  all  resolutions, 
orders,  claims  and  allowances,  when  required  to  do  so 
by  persons  having  claims  against  the  City  Treasury. 
He  shall  make  out  a fair  list  of  the  persons  and  prop- 
erty liable  for  taxes,  with  the  amount  due  b}^  such  per- 
sons or  on  such  property,  in  alphabetical  order,  and 
place  the  same  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  at  such 
time  in  each  year  as* the  Board  may  require,  embracing 
therein  special  as  well  as  general  taxation,  and  shall 
file  and  preserve  the  report  of  the  Treasurer  of  those 
taxes  which  have  not  been  paid;  and  shall  make  out 
and  place  in  the  hands  of  the  ^larshal  a list  of  the 
persons  and  propert}^  by  whom  or  on  which  taxes  and 
dues  to  the  city  remain  unpaid,  and  the  amount  of  the 
same  respectively.  He  shall  issue  warrants  on  the 
Treasurer  for  all  moneys  ordered  to  be  paid  by  the 
Board  of  Councilmen,  and  permits  to  pay  money  into  the 
Treasury,  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the 
Board  may  prescribe,  and  shall  do  and  perform  such 
other  duties  as  the  Board  may  require  of  him. 

§ 20.  That  the  Marshal  of  the  said  city  of  Frankfort 
shall  be  elected  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  the  Board  of  Councilmen,  and  shall  take  the 


Keep  journal  of 
Council  pro- 
cee{liiif?H.  ami 
liscal  accounts. 


Poll-books. 


Record  orders 
of  Roai'd  and 
assessment  of 
in-operty  for 
taxation.  , 


Preserve  bonds, 
&c. 


His  bond  to  be 
kept  by  Treas- 
urer.” 


Certify  claims 
allowed  by 
Board. 


M ike  out  tax- 
list  and  amount 
thereof  and  de- 
liver to  Treas- 
urer. 


Preserve  report 
of  Trea  surer 
and  list  unpaid 
taxes  with  Mar- 
shal. 


Issu“  warrants 
for  all  money 
due  by  the  city. 


And  permits  to 
pay  money  into 
the  treasury. 


Other  duties. 


Marshal— when 
and  how  elect- 
ed. 


142 


CITY  CHAIITEU. 


Oath  and  bond 
of. 


May  collect  city 
taxes. 


May  serve  no- 
tice, execute 
warrants,  levy 
and  collect  exe- 
cutions, f e e - 
bills,  &c. 


Shall  serve  all 
orders  of  the 
Board, 


May  have  depu- 
ty. 


Shall  be  respon- 
sible for  his 
acts. 


Fees  of. 


constitutional  oath  of  office,  and  such  otlier  oatli  as  the 
Board  of  Councilinen  may  jirescrihe,  and  sliall  execute 
hond,  with  sufficient  security,  to  be  approved  liy  tlie 
Board,  to  tlie  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  for  the  faithful  discliarge  of  his  official 
duties,  and  containing  such  other  provisions  as  the 
Board  may  recpiire,  which  bond  shall  be  attested  by 
tlie  Clerk,  and  approved  by  the  Board.  He  shall  have 
power  and  authority,  within  the  county  of  Franklin, 
to  collect  the  taxes,  dues,  and  demands  of  the  cit}^  of 
Frankfort,  in  the  same  manner  that  sheriffs  have  to 
collect  the  county  levy  and  State  revenue;  and  shall 
have  full  power  in  said  county  to  serve  notices,  and  to 
execute  warrants  and  process  from  dhe  Police  Judge  of 
said  city,  any  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  Franklin  county, 
or  tlie  Presiding  Judge  of  the  Franklin  County  Court, 
and  to  levy  and  collect  executions  which  may  issue 
upon  judgments  rendered  by  said  Police  Judge,  Jus- 
tices of  the  Peace  for  Fraiiklin  county,  or  from  the 
Franklin  County  or  Quarterly  Court,  and  all  fee-bills 
and  other  dues  listed  with  him.  He  shall  serve  and 
execute  all  orders  and  notices  issued  or  made  by  the 
Board,  and  make  due  return  of  the  same.  He  may 
have  a deputy  or  deputies,  by  and  witli  the  consent  and 
advice  of  the  Board,  entered  of  record  in  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  . Council,  and  shall,  with  his  securities,  be 
responsible  on  his  official  bond  for  any  neglect,  mis- 
conduct, malfeasance  or  other  default,  as  well  of  liis 
deputy  or  deputies  as  of  himself.  He  shall  be  entitled 
to  the  same  fees  for  executing  notices,  subpceuas  and 
process,  and  the  same  commissions  for  collecting  the 
taxes  and  dues  of  the  city,  and  all  executions  placed.in 
liis  hands  as  Marshal,  as  Sheriffs  and  Constables  are  al- 
lowed in  like  cases,  when  it  is  not  otherwise  provided 
for  in  this  act,  or  by  the  order  of  tlie  Board  of  Council- 


dTY  CIIARTKR. 


143 


men,  which  said  Board  may  regulate  and  fix  tlie  com- 
missions and  compensation  of  the  Marslial  for  all  taxes 
and  dues  collected  for  the  city,  and  all  notices,  &c., 
executed  by  order  of  the  Board,  lie  shall  be  entitled 
to  a fee  of  one  dollar  for  serving  a peace  warrant,  or 
warrant  for  a riot,  rout,  affray,  unlawful  assembly,  of 
breach  of  the  peace,  and  for  executing  all  warrants 
where  trial  is  to  be  had  by  a jury  for  offenses  final )le  by 
the  Ordinance  or  laws  of  said  city,  and  to  a fee  of 
twenty-five  cents  for  the  execution  of  warrants  for  pen- 
alties, forfeitures  and  debts,  to  be  tried  by  the  Police 
Judge,  without  the  intervention  of  a jury.  He  shall 
be  allowed  the  same  fees,  payable  out  of  the  State 
Treasury,  for  the  arrest  of  parties  charged  with  felony, 
as  are  allowed  and  paid  to  Sheriffs  for  similar  services. 
The  Marshal  and  his  deputies  shall  have  the  same 
power  and  authority  to  take  replevin  and  other  bonds 
that  sheriffs  and  Constables  have  by  law,  and  to  charge 
and  collect  the  same  fees  and  commissions  therefor; 
and  may  make  out,  attest,  collect  and  distrain  for  all 
fee-bills  due  for  services  rendered,  the  same  as  Sheriffs. 
For  any  failure  to  perform  or  neglect  of  .duty  in  the 
collection  or  payment  of  taxes,  the  collection  or  pay- 
ment of  money  due  on  fee-bills  or  other  dues  or  execu- 
tions placed  in  his  hands,  or  the  failure  to  execute  and 
return,  in  proper  time,  with  the  proper  indorsements, 
to  the  proper  office,-  of  any  process  or  precept  to  him 
directed,  and  to  him  delivered,  or  any  one  of  his  depu- 
ties, the  said  Marshal,  and  his  securities  on  his  official 
bond,  shall  be  liable  to  the  same  pains,  penalties  and 
damages  as  are  imposed  by  law  on  Constables  and  their 
sureties,  and  Sheriffs  and  their  sureties,  for  similar  fail- 
ure or  neglect,  recoverable  by  motion  in  any  court  of 
competent  jurisdiction  held  in  the  city  of  Frankfort: 
Provided,  That  no  motion  shall  be  made  under  this  act 
against  the  securities  of  said  Marshal,  unless  the  same 


Fees  against 
tlie  Stcit3. 


May  take  re- 
plevin bond. 


Subject  to  same 
penalties,  &c., 
as  Slieriffs  and 
Constables  tor 
neglect  of  duty, 
recoverable  by 
motion. 


When  motion 
must  be  made. 


114 


CITY  CHARTER. 


V 


Proceedings  to 
collect  taxes 
due  on  real  es- 
tate witliin  city. 


Amended  by  act 
of  April  24,  U<82. 


How  advertised 


Amended  b y 
sec.  6,  of  act 
April  30.  1888. 


Advertiseme  n t 
to  be  tiled  in 
County  Court 
Clerk’s  office. 


See  act  of  April 
24,  1882. 


Shall  be  prima 
facie  evidence. 


Copy  may  be 
used. 


If  tax  not  paid. 
Marshal  shall 
sell  such  real 
estate. 


bo  made  witliiii  two  years  from  and  after  tlie  time  of 
such  failure,  refusal  or  default  ; and  in  all  such  pro- 
ceedings either  party  may  })rosecute  an  appeal  as  in 
other  cases. 

§ 21.  That  if,  on  or  after  the  first  day  of  August  in 
any  year,  there  he  due  and  unpaid  any  tax  or  taxes 
on  any  lot  or  fraction  of  a lot  in  said  city,  wiiich  tax 
or  taxes  may  he  imposed  hy  virtue  of  this  act,  or  au}^ 
law  which  hereafter  may  he  adopted,  it  shall  he  the. 
duty  of  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  said  city  to  cause 
to  he  published  in  the  newspaper  of  the  Public  Printer 
for  the  time  being  a list  of  all  the  lots  and  fractions  of 
lots  on  which  such  tax  or  taxes  may  be  due  and  unpaid, 
and  also  the  amount  due  and  unpaid  upon  each  lot  and 
fraction  of  lot,  respectively,  for  one  month,  by  suc- 
cessive weekly  publications;  and  they  shall  also  state 
in  a note  appended  to  said  list  the  day  or  days  on  which 
said  lots  or  fractions  of  lots,  or  so  much  of  each  as  may 
he  necessary  to  discharge  and  pay  off  the  tax  or  taxes 
due  thereon  respectivehy  will  be  sold;  and  a copy  of 
said  list  as  published,  accompanied  by  the  affidavit  of 
the  Public  Printer  that  the  same  has  been  published 
agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be  recorded 
in  the  Clerk’s  office  of  the  Franklin  County  Court,  and 
when  so  recorded  shall  be  priina  facie  evidence  tliat  said 
publication  was  made  as  prescribed  l)v  this  act;  and  an 
attested  copy  of  the  same  may  be  used  on  the  trial  of 
any  cause,  and  shall  have  the  same  force  and  effect  of 
other  attested  copies  as  now  authorized  hy  law.  If  the 
tax  or  taxes  tlius  due  and  advertised  upon  the  lots  or 
fractions  of  lots  be  not  jiaid  on  or  before  the  time  thus 
appointed  for  the  sale,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mar- 
shal to  expose  to  sale,  on  the  day  or  days  so  appointed, 
the  said  lots  or  fractions  of  lots  on  which  said  tax  or 
taxes  remain  duo  and  unpaid,  or  so  much  of  each  as 


CITY  CHARTER. 


145 


may  be  necessary  to  pay  the  tax  or  taxes  due  thereon, 
to  the  liigliest  bidder.  The  sale  shall  take  place  at  the 
court-house  door,  in  Frankfort;  and,  in  case  of  a sale, 
it  sliall  he  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  to  convey  the  lots 
or  fractions  of  lots  s'»  sold  to  the  piu’chaser  or  pur- 
chasers, and  his  deed  thus  made  shall  pass  the  title  to 
the  property  so  conveyed  to  the  purschaser:  Provided, 
however,  That  the  same  may  he  redeemed  at  any  time 
within  two  years  by  the  original  owner  or  owners,  or 
his  or  their  heirs  or  assigns,  by  paying  the  purchaser 
or  his  heirs  or  assigns  the  amount  of  the  purchase 
money,  with  interest  thereon  at  the  rate  of  fifty  per 
centum  per  annum  from  the  date  of  such  purchase, 
and  all  costs  and  charges  incurred  by  virtue  of  such 
sale,  including  ah  equal  pro  rata  of  the  costs  of  adver- 
tising as  hereinbefore  provided,  which  may  he  added 
to  the  amount  of  taxes  due  when  such  advertisement 
is  required:  And  provided  cd so,  That  infants  and  femes 
covert,  and  persons  of  unsound  mind,  shall  have  two 
years  after  their  several  disabilities  are  removed  +o  re- 
deem their  lots  or  fractions  of  lots  sold  as  aforesaid. 

§ 22.  That  the  Police  Judge  of  the  city  of  Frankfort 
shall  he  elected  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  manner 
as  the  Board  of  Councilmen;  and  before  entering  upon 
the  duties  of  his  office  shall  he  commissioned  by  the  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Commonwealth,  and  take  the  constitu- 
tional oath  and  an  oath  faithfully  and  impartially  to 
discharge  the  duties  of  his  office.  He  shall  have  juris- 
diction within  the  limits  of  said  city  of  all  misde- 
meanors; of  all  actions  for  a violation  of  the  city 
Charter,  Ordinances,  or  By-Laws;  of  all  prosecutions  for 
injury  or  damage  to  public  buildings  or  property  of  the 
cit^n  He  may  grant  injunctions,  writs  of  ne  exeat,  ha- 
beas corpus,  restraining  orders  and  attachments,  in  the 
same  manner  as  two  Justices  of  the  Peace;  and  in  all 
11 


S:ile  to  be  at 
Cou  rt-hou.se 
door. 


Marshal  .shall 
convey  to  pur- 
chaser. 


Property  so  sold 
may  be  redeem- 
ed within  two 
years.  Persons 
U!ider  disability 
may  redeem 
within  two 
years  after  its 
removal. 


See  act  of  April 
21,  1882. 


Police  Judge— 
when  elected. 

See  act  of  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1876. 


Shall  be  com- 
missioned and 
take  oath. 


His  .lurisdiction 
of  penal  cases. 


May  grant  in- 
juctions, attach- 
ments, & *. 


14G 


CITY  CHARTER. 


In  criminal 
cases  jurisdic- 
tion of  two  Jus- 
tices of  the 
Peace. 


Civil  jurlsJlc- 
tlon. 


May  require  and 
take  ball. 


Conservator  of 
the  peace,  and 
try  breaches 
thereof,  &c. 


When  a jury 
shall  be  requir- 
ed by. 


criminal  and  penal  cases,  he  shall  have  the  same  juris- 
diction as  the  law  confers  on  two  Justices  of  the  Peace,, 
and  shall  proceed  in  the  same  manner  that  Justices  of 
Peace  are  required  to  proceed  in  such  matters.  Ho 
shall  have  the  same  jurisdiction  in  civil  cases  as  a Jus- 
tice of  the  Peace  of  the  same  Magistrate’s  district.  He 
shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  require  bail,  and 
receive  the  execution  and  acknowledgment  of  recogn- 
izances of  bail  and  bail  bonds  in  all  cases  originated 
or  tried  before  him  in  which  bail  is  or  may  be  required; 
and  such  recognizances  and  bail  bonds  shall  be  in  such 
form  and  be  returned  in  such  manner  as  is  or  may  be 
prescribed  by  the  several  laws  authorizing  or  requiring 
bail.  He  shall  be  a conservator  of  the  peace,  and  have 
jurisdiction  over  affrays,  assaults  and  batteries,  riots, 
breaches  of  the  peace,  unlawful  assemblies,  keeping  dis- 
orderly houses,  all  cases  of  indecent  or  immoral  be- 
havior, or  conduct  calculated  to  disturb  the  public 
peace  within  said  city;  over  all  cases  of  drunkenness, 
profane  swearing,  running  horses,  firing  guns  or  pistols,, 
making  reports  by  burning  powder  or  matches,  or 
crackers  or  other  explosive  substance  or  thing;  blowing 
horns,  flying  kites,  crying  aloud,  by  day  or  night,  and 
all  other  riotous  conduct  whatever,  within  said  city,  all 
of  which  are  hereby  declared  to  be  mis.demeanors;  for 
carrying  concealed  weapons,  and  all  other  misde- 
meanors; and  in  prosecutions  tried  before  him,  the  jury 
may  assess  a fine  against  each  defendant  for  any  sum 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  in  cases  wherein 
a different  penaltv  is  not  fixed,  which,  with  all  fees  and 
costs,  may  be  discharged  by  labor  in  the  work-house  or 
on  the  streets  of  the  city  at  two  dollars  per  day.  The 
Police  Judge  ma}^  order  the  Marshal  to  summon  a jury 
in  any  case  cognizable  before  him,  when  a jury  would 
be  required  in  the  circuit  court  or  before  a Justice  of 


CITY  CIIAllTKR. 


147 


the  Peace;  and  in  all  cases  when  tlie  amount  of  the  fine 
is  or  may  not  be  fixed  by  law  or  Ordinance  of  said  city, 
the  same  shall  be  ascertained  by  the  verdict  of  a jury. 
He  shall  have  power  to  issue  summons  for  witnesses  in 
cases  pending  before  him,  and  to  compel  their  aftend- 
ance.  lie  shall  have  power  to  fine  and  imprison  for 
contempts,  without  the  intervention  of  a jury,  provided 
the  fine  does  not  exceed  ten  dollars  nor  the  imprison- 
ment twelve  hours.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  him  to  take 
depositions,  and  certify  the  same,  to  be  read  in  an}- 
cause  pending  in  any  court  in  this  Commonwealth.  He 
shall  keep  a record  of  the  proceedings  in  his  court,  a 
copy  of  whiclj,  duly  certified,  shall  be  evidence  in  all 
courts,  and  have  the  same  effect  as  copies  of  other 
records.  The  records  and  papers  of  his  office  shall  be 
delivered  by  the  Police  Judge,  on  the  expiration  of  his 
term,  to  his  successor;  Provided,  That  all  trials  before 
him  shall  be  held  in  tlie  city  of  Frankfort:  And  pro- 
vided  f urther,  That  in  all  cases  mentioned  herein,  whicli 
are  made  penal  by  general  laws  of  the  State,  and 
which  are  cognizable  in  the  circuit  courts,  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  Police  Judge  shall  not  be  exclusive  of,  but 
concurrent  with,  the  Franklin  Circuit  Court. 

§ 23.  That  the  Police  Judge  shall  issue  his  process 
in  the  name  of  the  Commonwealth,  as  other  warrants, 
and  make  them  returnable  before  him  as  Police  Judge 
of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  which  process  may  be  directed 
to  the  Marshal  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  or  to  the  Sheriff* 
or  any  Constable  of  Franklin  county,  or  to  any  other 
officer  authorized  by  law  to  execute  similar  process, 
and  shall  be  executed  and  returned  by  such  officer 
under  like  pains  and  penalties  as  in  other  cases:  Pro- 
vided, however.  That  when  any  prosecution  is  instituted 
or  carried  on  for  a violation  of  the  Charter,  Ordinances, 
or  Rules  or  Regulations  of  the  City  of  Frankfort,  or 


May  co'iipei  at- 
leiidauce  of 
witnesses. 


May  punisli  con- 
tempts. 


May  take  depo- 
sitions. 


S all  keep  a 
record,  and 
copies  thereof 
m ly  be  lased  in 
evidence. 


Shall  deliver  to 
successor  all 
records  and  pa- 
pers of  his  of- 
lice. 

Courts  held  in 
Frankfort. 


Wh:n  jurisdic- 
tion concurrent 
with  other 
courts. 


Shai:  issue  pro- 
cess in  name  of 
Commonwealth 
How  process  re- 
turnabie  and 
d.rectcd. 


When  warrant 
shcnl  stats  that 
the  proceeding 
is  in  the  name 
of  the  Board  of 
Couucilmen. 


148 


CITY  CHARTER. 


at  the  instance  of  tlie  Board  of  Councilmen,  the  war- 
rant sliall  state  tliat  tlie  proceeding  is  prosecuted  in  the 
name  of  said  I>oard  of  Councilmen;  and  in  all  such 
cases  the  hue  or  penalty  received,  after  deducting  fees 
and  costs,  shall  he  paid  into  the  city  Treasury;  hut,  in 
case  the  defendant  or  defendants  in  such  case  are  ac- 
quitted, no  fees  or  costs  shall  he  recovered  against  the 
• “ ■ city;  and,  in  cases  of  judgment,  the  city  shall  Ije  liable 

biSr  for  costs  oiily  in  the  event  of  its  collo(dion  in  money,  or 

discharge  by  labor  under  the  judgment.  The  i^olice 
Fees'of  Police  Judge  shall  be  entitled  to  a fee  of  one  dollar  for  a 

Judge.  ° 

peace  warrant,  or  for  a warrant  for  a riot,  rout,  unlaw- 
ful assembly,  breach  of  the  peace,  or  affray,  or  for  any 
misdemeanor,  or  for  a breach  of  any  of  the  laws  in  re- 
. C - lation  to  said  city,  or  of  any  of  the  Ordinances,  By- 

= • V.;:  ■ laws.  Rules  or  Regulations  of  said  city;  and  in  all 

....  cases  he  shall  be  entitled  to  charge  and  collect  the  same 

fees  as  are  allowed  other  officers  hy  law  for  similar  ser- 
May  issue  fee-  vices,  and  may  issue  his  fee-bills,  and  distrain  for  their 
collection  the  same  as  otlier  officers,  and  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  the  same  penalties  as  are  imposed  on  other  offi- 
cers for  issuing  and  collecting  illegal  fee-bills.' 

§ 24.  That  a City  Attorney  for  the  said  city  of  Frank- 


City  Attorney-r 
when.  elected. 

See  act  of  April 
27,  1880.  ‘ 


His  duties. 


■ -c 

HiB  compensa-f 
tion. 


fort  shall  be  elected  annually,  at  the  same  time  and 
place,  and  in  the  same  mannei',  as  the  members  of  the 
Board  of  Councilmen,  who  shall  be  the  law  officer  of 
the  Board  and  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  attend,  on  be- 
half of  the  city,  to  all  suits,  motions  and  prosecutions 
by  or  against  the  city,  and  to  give  advice,  when  called 
upon  b}"  any  officer  of  the  city,  as  to  his  official  duty, 
and  to  perform  such  other  services  as  the  Board  may 
require  of  him.  He  shall  receive  for  his  services  such 
compensation,  either  by  way  of  salary  or  })ai*t  of  linos 
imposed,  as  the  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  deem  rea- 
sonalffe. 


(’ITY  C HART  Ell. 


149 


§ 25.  The  entire  control  and  inanageinent  of  tlie  Gas 
Works  and  Water-works  shall  be  under  the  direction 
of  the  Board  of  Ch)uncilinen  and  such  Superintendent 
and  otlicers  as  they  may  appoint;  and  tlie  said  ?>oard 
may,  hy  Ordinance  or  Order,  make  all  needful  regula- 
tions conceruiug  the  same;  niay  regulate,  from  time 
to  time,  the  mode  and  manner  in  which  the  water  and 
gas  may  be  enjoyed,  and  may  make  such  contracts  with 
individuals  or  corporations  for  the  use  and  enjoyment 
thereof,  and  make  and  receive  such  covenants  and  stip- 
ulations in  said  contracts  as  they  may  deem  necessary. 
They  may  distribute  the  same  through  any  public 
grounds  and  buildings  within  the  ci(y,  and  for  that 
purpose  permission  is  hereby  granted  them  to  enter 
public  grounds  and  buildings.  Any  person  who  shall 
willfully  or  maliciously  injure  the  said  Gas  or  Water- 
works, or  any  portion  of  the  same,  or  any  of  the  fix- 
tures or  appurtenances  thereof,  or  shall  attempt  to  di- 
vert the  water  or  gas  with  which  they  may  be  supplied, 
or  corrupt  the  water  within  said  city  or  the  spring 
from  which  the  same  is  supplied,  or  any  well  (;r  cistern 
within  the  city,  sliall,  for  every  offense,  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  nor  more  than 
five  thousand  dollars,  recoverable  by  motion  in  the 
Franklin  Circuit  Court,  in  the  name  of  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  of  said  city;  upon  the  trial  of  such  motion 
a juiyv  shall  be  empaneled,  who  shall  assess  the  amount 
of  the  penalty  between  the  aforesaid  limits  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars  and  five  thousand  dollars:  -Provided,  That 
the  Board  of  Councilmen  may,  by  Ordinance,  affix 
such  lesser  penalties  for  violations  of  the  regulations 
of  the  Board,  in  relation  to  said  works,  &c.,  as  they 
may  deem  proper,  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars, 
recoverable  by  warrant  before  the  Police  Judge  of  said 
city. 


(Jas  and  Water- 
works shall  be 
under  control 
and  manage- 
ment ot  Board. 


May  distribute 
same  in  public 
grounds. 


Penalty  for  in- 
jury to  Gas  or 
Water-works, 
or  for  corrupt- 
ing water,  |100 
to  $5,000,  recov- 
erable by  mo- 
tion in  Frank- 
lin Circuit 
Court. 


Board  may  fix 
less  penalties, 
recoverable  be-' 
lore  Police 
Judge. 


150 


CITY  CITARTICIl. 


Mechanics’  lien 


Shall  continue 
thoujih  posses- 
sion of  employ- 
er cea  e. 


When  employer 
evicted,  lien 
shall  attach  to 
pro  p e r t y in 
hands  of  suc- 
cessful claim- 
ant. 


Shall  exist 
against  corpo- 
rations, QU’r’Si 
corpor  t i o n s , 
trustees,  &c. 


§ 26,  I.  Tliat  llie  carpenters,  joiners,  brick-masons, 
stone-masons,  jilasterers,  turners,  painters,  brick-makers, 
lumber  mercbants,  and  all  others  performing  labor  or 
or  furnishing  materials  for  tlie  construction  or  repair 
of  any  building  witliin  the  city  of  Frankfort  (journey- 
men excepted),  shall  have  a lien,  to  the  extent  of  their 
respective  interests,  upon  the  building  they  may  con- 
struct or  repair,  or  tovvards  the  construction  or  repair- 
ing of  which  they  may  have  furnished  materials,  and 
also  upon  the  lot  or  tract  of  land  on  which  such  build- 
ing is  situate,  which  lien  shall  extend  to  the  interest 
of  the  employer  or  employers  in  and  to  such  building 
and  lot  or  land. 

II.  If  such  employer  or  employers  hold  or  claim  by 
executory  contract,  and,  for  any  cause  whatever,  such 
executory  contract  sliall  be  set  aside  or  rescinded,  the 
lien  herein  given  shall  continue,  so  far  as  the  person 
or  persons  to  whom  the  same  may  come,  or  with  whom 
it  may  remain  by  reason  of  such  rescission  or  setting 
aside,  shall  be  advantaged  by  such  building,  repairing, 
or  materials  furnished. 

III.  Where  the  em[)loyer  or  employers  shall, 
by  judgment  at  law  or  decree  in  equity,  be  evicted 
from  the  ])remises,  and  shall,  by  the  rules  of  law 
or  equity,  be  entitled  to  compensation  from  the 
successful  claimant  for  / improvements  made  on  the 
premises,  the  person  or  persons  who,  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act,  liave  liens,  as  against  such  employer 
or  employers,  shall,  to  the  extent  of  their  liens  respect- 
ively, be  substituted  for  the  person  evicted,  and  recover 
compensation  from  the  successful  claimant,  so  far  as 
by  daw  or  equity  such  claimant  is  bound  to  make 
compensation  to  the  person  evicted. 

IV.  The  liens  herein  declared  shall  exist  against 
private  corporations,  })rivate  quasi  corporations  and 
societies,  or  trustees  holding  estates  for  charitable  uses. 


(JITV  CHAUTKH. 


151 


Avliether  the  repairing,  or  furnishing  of  ma- 

terials sliall  be  (lone  or  furnished  at  the  recpiest  of  such 
corporation,  (piasi  corporation,  society,  or  trustees,  or 
by  servants  or  agents  authorized  by  j)arol  or  otherwise. 

V.  That  all  and  every  i)crson  or  persons  claiming  a 
lien,  in  virtue  of  this  act,  shall,  within  six  months  after 
the  completion  of  the  building,  or  repairing  or  furnish- 
ing materials,  or  within  six  months  after  the  cessation 
of  the  work  thereon  by  order  of  him,  her  or  them 
against  whom  the  lien  is  sought  to  be  enforced,  file  in 
the  Clerk’s  office  of  the  Franklin  County  Court  his, 
her  or  their  accounts,  specifying  the  lien  claimed,  which 
shall  operate  as  a notice  to  the  world  of  such  lien;  and 
no  lien  shall  exist  in  favor  of  any  person  or  persons,  in 
virtue  of  this  act,  who'  shall  not  have  filed  such  ac- 
counts within  the  time  aforesaid,  or  proceed,  within  one 
year,  by  suit,  to  enforce  such  lien;  in  which  latter  case 
the  Us  pendens  shall  be  construed  to  commence  from 
the  time  the  filing  of  such  bill. 

VI.  The  rules  of  equity  for  the  time  being,  for  the 
enforcement  of  liens  and  settlement  of  priorities,  shall 
govern  in  cases  arising  under  this  section,  both  as  to 
all  persons  claiming  liens  in  virtue  thereof,  and  all 
other  claimants. 

_ § 27.  The  inhabitants  of  said  city  of  Frankfort  shall 
have  and  enjoy  all  the  benefits  of  the  5th  section  of 
article  3,  of  chapter  26,  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  ihe 
State  of  Kentucky. 

§ 28.  The  jail-house  of  Franklin  county  may  be  used 
by  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  the  authorities  thereof,  as 
a city  watch-house;  and  the  Jailer  of  Franklin  county  is 
authorized  to  receive  into  said  jail  any  person  com- 
mitted thereto,  upon  a mittimus  issued  by  the  Police 
Judge  of  said  city,  and  he  may  receive  into  said  jail 
iiny  person  arrested  by  any  police  or  other  peace  officer 


How  lien  to  be 
enforced. 


Priority  to  be 
determined  by 
rules  of  equity. 


Sec.  5,  art.  3, 
chap.  26,  Rev. 
Stat.,  applied  to 
Frankfort. 


Franklin  coun- 
ty jaii  may  be 
used  as  a watch- 
house. 

Jailer  to  receive 
on  mittimus  of 
Police  Judge. 


CITY  CHARTER. 


lf)2 


When  he  nriy 
receive  without 
mittimus. 


School  Trustees 
—when  elected. 


See  act  of  April 
3U,  1888. 


Oath  and  bond 
of. 


School  fund. 


Separate  ac- 
count to  be kept 
of,  and  shall  be 
used  for  no 
other  purpose 
than  the  sup- 
port of  school 
or  school  buill- 
ings,  &c. 


All  collecting 
officers  to  keep 
school  money 
separate  f om 
other  money. 


of  said  city  liotweeii  tlie  lioiirs  of  ten  o’clock,  \).  m.,. 
and  six  o’clock,  a.  in.,  without  such  mittimus;  but  ever}^ 
person  thus  arrested  shall  lie  carried  before  tlie  Police 
Judge  or  other  conqietent  autliority  for  trial,  or  for  ex- 
amination of  the  charge  against  him,  at  the  earliest 
practicable  hour  after  such  arrest. 

§ 2h.  I.  Three  vScliool  Trustees  shall  be  elected  by  the 
qualified  voters  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  annually,  at 
the  same  time  and  place  and  in  the  same  manner  that 
Councilmen  are  elected,  who,  before  entering  upon  the 
discharge  of  the  duties  of  their  office,  shall  take  an 
oath  for  the  faithful  and  impartial  performance  thereof, 
and  execute  bond,  with  good  security,  to  the  Board  of 
Council  of  said  city,  for  the  laithful  discharge  of  their 
official  duties,  and.  containing  such  other  stipulations  as 
the  Board  may  prescribe,  which  bond  shall  be  approAmd 
by  the  Board  of  Councilmen,  noted  on  the  proceedings 
thereof,  and  preserved  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Board.  Suit 
may  lie  brought  on  said  bond  by  any  person  aggrieved 
in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  held  within  the 
county  of  Franklin. 

II.  xVll  moneys,  taxes  and  revenues  dedicated  to  the 
uses  of  the  Public  School  of  said  city  of  Frankfort, 
shall  1)6  dedicated  and  set  apart  in  a se[>ai‘ate  fund,  to 
be  entitled  the  “School  Fund,”  and  the  Treasurer  shall 
keep  a separate  account  of  said  fund,  and  the  moneys 
belonging  thereto,  which  moneys  shall  not  be  used  for 
other  purposes  than  the  support  or  conduct  of  the 
Public  School  within  the  cit}q  either  in  the  employ- 
ment of  necessary  teachers,  the  erection,  repairs  or 
completion  of  the  necessary  buildings  for  the  use  of 
said  school,  or  the  necessary  furniture,  fixtures  and 
apparatus  for  the  same;  and  all  collecting  officers,  as 
well  as  the  Treasurer,  shall  kee[)  said  school  moneys 
separate  and  apart  from  the  other  funds  of  the  cit}^;:. 


CITY  CHARTEK. 


153 


and  the  Marshal,  in  making  payments  to  the  Treasurer 
on  account  of  taxes  collecte<l,  phall  state  tlie  amount 
thereof  wdiich  belongs  to  said  school  fund. 

HI.  The  said  school  fund  sliall  consist  of  the  pro 
rata  due  the  city  of  Frankfort  from  the  Treasury  of 
the  State  of  Kentucky,  on  account  of  the  com'mon 
school  fund,  of  all  moneys  arising  from  the  taxes  levied 
and  collected  under  and  pursuant  to  tlie  act,  entitled 
“An  act  for  the  better  organization  of  public  schools  in 
the  city  of  Frankfort,^’  approved  February  27th,  1867, 
which,  having  been  ratified  by  a vote  of  the  said  city, 
is  declared  in  full  force  so  tbr  as  to  make  it  tlie  duty  of 
the  Board  of  Coimcilmen  of  said  city  to  levy  and 
cause  to  be  collected  annually,  a tax  of  twenty-five 
cents  on  each  one  hundred  dollars’  worth  of  taxable 
property  in  said  city  for  the  benefit  of  the  school  fund, 
and  such  other  moneys  as  may,  by  law  or  Ordinance  of 
the  Board  of  Coiincilmen,  be  provided,  set  apart,  and 
dedicated  thereto. 

IV.  The  said  Trustees  may  elect  one  of  their  num- 
ber chairman  and  one  secretary,  and  shall  have  exclu- 
sive control  of  the  appoiidment  of  teachers,  regulation 
of  school  discipline,  course  of  study,  examinations,  and 
other  matters  of  regulation  and  appointment  in  the 
common  schools  in  said  city.  They  may  appoint  ex- 
aminers and  prescribe  qualifications  for  teachers  and 
pupils.  They  shall  fix  the  compensation  of  teachers 
and  regulate  the  payment  thereof  out  of  the  school 
fund,  and  shall  have  exclusive  control  of  the  said  school 
fund,  and  direct  its  dishursement  by  the  Treasurer;  and 
shall  have  power  to  expend  said  moneys  in  the  interests 
of  common  schools  within  said  city,  payment  of  which 
shall  be  made  by  the  Treasurer  on  the  order  of  said 
Trustees,  certified  by  the  president  thereof,  to  the  ex- 
tent of  the  moneys  in  said  fund  at  any  time:  Provided, 


Marshal  .shall 
.state  amount  of 
school  money 
when  he  makes 
p a y m e n t to 
Treasurer. 


What  money 
shall  compose 
school  fund. 


Board  to  levy 
and  collect  tax 
of  25  cents  an- 
nually. 


Trustees  may 
organize  and 
shall  have  ex- 
clusive manage- 
ment of  City 
School. 


May  appoint  ex- 
aminers and 
iirescribe  quali- 
fi  c a t i o n of 
teachers. 

Fix  compensa- 
tion and  regu- 
late payments. 


Direct  disburse- 
ment of  school 
fund. 


Treasmer  t o 
pay  on  order  of 
Trustees. 


154 


CITY  CHAUTKR. 


« 


A 1 1 expendi- 
tures of  more 
than  $250  must 
be  approved  by 
Board. 


Tr  u .s  t e e s to 
make  semi-an- 
nual report  to 
Board. 

Vacancy  tilled 
by  Board. 


Resignation. 

Board  to  have 
general  super- 
vising control 
of  the  financial 
and  prudential 
int  e r e s t s of 
Public  Schools. 

Schools  to  be 
free  to  white 
children  b e - 
tween  6 and  20 
years  old. 


Board  may  prc- 
vide  for  neces- 
sary school 
buildings  and 
grounds. 


School  property 
not  liable  for 
debts  of  city  or 
to  taxation. 


Tliat  all  contracts,  other  than  for  the  employment  of  a 
teacher  at  a stated  salary,  involving  the  expenditure  of 
a greater  sum  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  made 
hy  said  Trustees,  shall  he  approved  hy  the  J)Oard  of 
Councilmen;  and  no  expenditure  of  a greater  sum  than 
two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  shall  he  made  hy  them 
without  the  approval  of  the  said  Board  of  Council,  which 
shall  be  certified  to  the  Treasurer  before  payment.  The 
said  Trustees  shall  report  semi-annually  to  the  Board 
of  Council  men,  and  oftener,  if  so  required,  embracing 
a full  statement  of  their  official  act^.  Any  vacancy  in 
the  office  of  School  Trustee  shall  be  filled  by  temporary 
appointnient  by  the  Board  of  Councilmen,  till  the 
next  regular  election;  and  all  resignations  of  Trus- 
tees must  be  to  the  said  Board  of  Councilmen,  who  shall 
have  a general  supervising  control  over  the  financial 
and  prudential  interests  of  the  public  schools  within 
the  said  city,  all  of  which  shall  be  free  to  free  white 
persons  resident  in  said  city  between  the  ages  of  six 
and  twenty  years. 

V.  The  Board  of  Cimncilmen  may  provide  for  the 
completion  of  the  public  school  buildiiig,  now  partially 
com[)leted  in  said  city,  as  authorized  by  act  passed  at 
the  present  session  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  ma}" 
hereafter  build,  [)urchase  or  procure  any  addition  to 
said  building,  or  any  additional  buildings  or  grounds, 
which  may  be  necessary  for  common  school  purposes; 
and  the  said  city  school  building,  now  iu  course  of  com- 
pletion, and  the  grounds  whereon  it  is  located,  and  any 
buildings  or  grounds  which  shall  hereafter  he  acquired 
for  common  school  purposes,  shall  not  he  diverted 
therefi-om,  nor  shall  the  same  be  liable  for  any  debt  of 
the  city  other  than  a debt  contracted  for  the  purchase, 
erection  or  repairs  thereof  or  thereon,  and  shall  he  ex- 
empt from  taxation  for  any  purpose  whatever.  State, 
county  or  city. 


CITY  CHARTER. 


155 


YI.  All  property  of  negroes  and  innlattoes  within 
tlie  city  of  Frankfort  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation  for 
•common  school  purposes  nnder  this  act. 

§ 30.  That  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  shall  so  ap})ortion  the  taxes  collected  for  city 
purposes  that  the  amount  of  taxes  collected  from  ]jer- 
sons  and  upon  property  residing  or  located  on  the  south 
■side  of  Kentucky  river  shall  be  expended  on  that  side 
of  the  river;  and  in  no  case  shall  the  money's  collected 
•on  the  north  side  of  the  river  be  expended  on  the  south 
side:  Provided,  That  in  the  matter  of  the  school  fund, 
and  the  indebtedness  or  liabilit;v  of  the  city  incurred  to 
raise  money  to  complete  the  building,  and  all  liabilities 
hereafter  to  be  incurred  in  aid  of  said  school;  and  in 
the  case  of  any  indebtedness  or  liability  incurred,  or  to 
be  incurred,  on  account  of  the  contract  with  John  Haly 
in  regard  to  the  erection  of  ‘Alajor  Hall,”  and  any  tax 
Avhich  may  be  levied  or  collected  to  pay  the  principal 
•or  interest  of  such  debts  or  liability,  or  to  increase  or 
sustain  the  said  school  fund,  shall  be  assessed  equally 
upon  the  residents  and  property  of  both  sides  of  the 
river  within  the  city  limits. 

§ 31.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  the 
provisions  of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

§ 32.  This  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 


Proi)erty  of  ne- 
KPoos  exempt 
from  school 
tax. 


Tax  of  South 
Frankfort  to  be 
appropriated 
only  to  that  side 
of  river. 

See  act  of  April 
24,  1880. 


No  money  of 
North  Frank- 
fort to  be  ex- 
pended south 
of  the  river. 


School  tax  and 
Major  Hall  debt 
common  to 
both  North  and 
South  Frank- 
fort. 


Conflicting  acts 
repealed. 


Approved  March  16,  1869. 


APPENDIX. 


To  create  a sep- 
arate fund  as 
the  school  fund 


How  fund  sepa- 
rated. 


CHAPTER  1249. 

* Part  of  act  for  benefit  of  City  Schools. 

§ 1.  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Board  of  Ccuncil- 
raeu  aforesaid  to  create  a separate  fund  of  the  revenues 
of  the  city,  to  bj  denominated  the  ^‘School  Fund/’ 
which  shall  embrace  all  taxes  and  moneys  collected  and 
received  for  school  purposes,  as  well  as  all  moneys  arising 
from  levies  to  pay  the  interest  or  principal  of  the  school 
bonds;  and  they  may  require  the  Clerk,  Treasurer  and 
tax  collectors  to  keep  separate  accounts  and  make  sep- 
arate reports  and  returns  of  all  moneys  which  belong 
to  the  school  fund,  which  shall  not  be  appropriated  to 
any  other  than  the  purposes  of  the  City  School,  as  pro- 
vided by  law:  Provided,  That  the  moneys  of  the  sc1k3o1 
fund  shall  be  divided  into  moneys  for  the  support  of 
the  City  School  and  moneys  for  the  payment  of  the 
interest  and  principal  of  the  debt  of  the  city,  created 
for  school  purposes  as  hereinbefore  provided,  each 
division  of  the  fund  to  be  appropriated  exclusively  for 
the  purpose  specified.  Any  accumulation  of  surplus 
money  in  either  division  of  the  fund  may  be  invested 
in  safe  and  remunerative  securities  by  the  Board  of 
Councilmen. 


Approved  January  26,  1869. 


APPENDIX. 


157 


Se/ioo/  2'riistces. 

CHAPTER  3S. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act,  entitled  “An  act  to  amend  the  charter 
of  the  city  of  Frankfort,”  approved  March  15,  1871. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky:  • 

§ 1.  That  ail  act,  entitled  ‘CAlD  act  to  amend  the  char- 
ter of  the  city  of  Frankfort,”  approved  March  15,  1871, 
^Session  Acts  1871,  page  137,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby, 
amended,  so  as  in  all  respects  to  make  said  act  apply  to 
and  embrace  School  Trustees. 

§ 2.  The  present  School  Trustees  of  said  city  shall 
hold  their  offices  until  the  next  election  of  Councilmen 
for  said  city. 

§ 3.  School  Trustees  for  the  city  of  Frankfort  shall 
hold  their  offices  for  the  same  term,  and  be  elected  at 
the  same  time,  that  Councilmen  for  said  cit}"  are 
elected. 

§ 4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage.* 

Approved  December  20,  1871. 


Ronl  Estate. 

CHAPTER  809. 

AN  ACT  amendatory  of  the  laws  in  relation  to  the  city  of 

Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
ivealth  of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  authorized  and  em- 
powered to  grant,  bargain,  sell  and  convey,  to  rent  or 
lease,  any  and  all  property,  or  any  }>art  thereof,  belong- 
ing to  said  city  of  Frankfort,  be  the  same  lands,  tene- 
ments, goods,  chattels,  or  franchises  or  immunities,  on 
such  terms,  and  for  such  sums,  and  at  such  times,  as 
said  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  deem  for  the  best  in- 
terests of  said  cit}"  of  Frankfort. 


Election  of 
School  Trastees 


Amended  by  act 
April  30, 1888. 


Term  of  office. 


Power  of  Coun- 
cil to  dispose  of 
real  estate. 


158 


APPENDIX. 


g 2.  This  act  repeals  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  con- 
flict therewith,  and  shall  have  full  force  and  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  28,  1872. 

• Cartl — Retailing  of. 

CHAPTER  834. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act,  entitled  “An  act  to  amend  and  reduce 
into  one  the  several  acts  in  relation  to  the  city  of  Frankfort,’^ 
approved  March  16,  1869. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky: 

g 1.  That  an  act,  entitled  ^C4n  act  to  amend  and  re- 
duce into  one  the  several  acts  in  relation  to  the  city  of 
Frankfort,”  approved  March  16,  1869,  be,  and  the  same 
is  hereby,  so  amended  that  hereafter  all  citizens  of  this 
State,  who  may  run  coal  down  the  Kentucky  river,  shall 
have  the  right  to  sell  said  coal  by  retail  in  the  city  of 
Frankfort  without  paying  a license  for  such  right,  sub- 
ject to  the  conditions  hereafter  provided  for  in  section 
two  of  this  act. 

§ 2.  That  all  citizens  of  this  State,  who  may  run 
coal  down  the  Kentucky  river,  and  sell  the  same  in  the 
city  of  Frankfort  by  retail,  shall  pay  a tax  into  the  City 
Treasury  not  exceeding  five  cents  on  each  one  hundred 
bushels  of  coal  so  sold  by  them,  and  shall  pay  a tax  at 
the  same  rate  for  any  greater  or  less  number  of  bushels;, 
and  the  person  or  persons  selling  said  coal  shall  have 
free  ingress  and  egress  to  and  from  said  city  with 
said  coal;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  said  city 
authorities  to  charge  any  citizen  of  this  State  any 
greater  tax  for  the  privilege  of  retailing  coal  than  the 
amount  fixed  in  this  act. 

§ 3.  That  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with 
the  provisions  of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed, 
g 4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  April  16,  1873. 


APPENDIX. 


159 


Procossianinsj^  uF  Streets  in  Sentli  l^rnnkFort. 

CHAP  PER  892. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act,  entitled  “An  act  to  reduce  into  one 
the  several  acts  in  relation  to  the  town  of  Frankfort,  and  for 
other  purposes.” 

Whereas,  There  is  some  doubt  and  confusion  in  re- 
gard to  the  location  of  corners  and  course  and  width  of 
the  streets  in  that  portion  of  tlie  city  of  Frankfort, 
Kentucky,  known  as  South  Frankfort  : 

Be  it  enacted  by  tlie^  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
luealth  of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  authorized  and  em- 
powered to  select  three  discreet  citizens  of  said  city, 
who  shall  be  owners  of  real  estate  in  said  city,  and  two 
of  whom  shall  reside  in  South  Frankfort,  8S  Commis- 
sioners, and  a competent  Surveyor  or  Civil  Engineer, 
to  procession  the  streets,  and  locate  the  centers  of  the  in- 
tersections thereof,  in  that  portion  of  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort south  of  the  Kentucky  river,  and  known  as  South 
Frankfort.  Said  Commissioners  and  Surveyor  or  En- 
gineer, before  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  their  du- 
ties under  this  act,  shall  take  an  oath  before  the  County 
Judge  of  Franklin  county  to  faithfully  and  impartially 
perform  their  duties  under  this  act. 

§ 2.  Said  Commissioners  and  Surveyor  or  Engineer, 
shall,  as  soon  as  convenient  after  their  appointment 
and  qualification,  as  provided  for  in  the  first  section  of 
this  act,  go  upon  the  ground  in  South  Frankfort,  and 
with  proper  instruments  and  the  best  evidence  they  can 
obtain,  proceed  to  procession  and  lay  off  the  streets  in 
South  Frankfort  according  to  the  original  survey  thereof 
and  find  as  near  as  may  be  the  centers  of  the  intersec- 
tions of  said  streets,  and  mark  or  have  the  same  marked 
in  some  durable  manner,  to  be  indicated  by  the  Board 


Councilmen  au- 
thorized to  se- 
lect three  Com- 
missioners and 
a Surveyor  to 
procession 
streets  in  South 
Frankfort. 


To  take  oath. 


To  lay  off 
streets  accord- 
ing to  original 
survey,  and 
mark  intersec- 
tions of  centers 
of  streets. 


160 


APrENDTX. 


To  give  ten 
days’  notice. 


Council  are  au- 
thorized to  fix 
width  of  streets 
and  liave  cor- 
ners of  s(iuares 
marked. 


Authorize  d to 
sell  part  of 
streets  inside 
of  width,  and 
to  purchase  or 
condemn  that 
lying  outside  of 
widtn,  as  fixed 
by  Board. 


of  Coiincilmeii  of  tlie  city  of  Frankfort;  but  before  pro- 
ceedingto  act,  tlie  said  Commissioners  shall  give  at  least 
ten  days’  notice,  by  three  insertions  in  tlie  ‘'Kentucky 
Yeoman,”  of  the  time  they  will  begin  said  procession- 
ing.  C 

^ 3.  That  after  the  streets  in  South  Frankfort  shall  have 
been  jirocessioned,  and  the  centers  thereof  ascertained 
and  marked,  as  is  provided  for  in  the  first  and  second 
sections  of  this  act,  the  Board  of  Councilmen  for  the 
city  of  Frankfort  shall  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  au- 
thorized to  determine  and  establish  what  shall  be  the 
width  of  any  or  all  of  said  streets,  not  exceeding  the 
original  width  as  laid  out,  properly  name  the  same, 
cause  the  same  to  be  laid  off  upon  the  ground,  and  the 
corners  of  the  squares  to  be  properly  marked. 

§ 4.  The  said  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  ofFrank- 
fort  shall  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  empowered  to  sell; 
and  by  the  Mayor  of  said  city  convey,  any  parts  or  por- 
tions of  the  streets  in  South  Frankfort  that  may  lie  out- 
side of  the  width  of  tlie  streets  as  determined  and  fixed 
by  said  Board,  and  to  purchase  or  condemn,  by  pro- 
ceedings similar  in  every  respect  to  those  now  provided 
by  law  to  condemn  lands  for  a public  highway,  for  the 
use  of  said  city  as  a street,  any  ground  found  to  be  in 
the  width  as  determined  upon  for  said  streets,  which 
shall  lie  owned  or  adversely  held  by  others:  Provided, 
hoioevcr,  That  nothing  herein  shall  be  held  or  construed 
to  impair  the  right  of  said  Board  of  Councilmen  to  sue 
for  and  recover  any  streets  or  parts  of  sti’eets  which  shall, 
by  the  processioning  provided  for  in  the  first  and  second 
sections  of  this  act,  be  found  to  be  in  the  possession  of 
any  one  who  shall  refuse  to  give  up  the  possession 
thereof. 

§ 5.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  pas- 
sage. 


Approved  April  18,  1873. 


APPENDIX. 


161 


A^ntharity^  to  Ji<>rrf>w  JVlanoy. 

CHAPTER  210. 

AN  ACT  for  the  benefit  of  the  city  of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  hif  the  General  Asi^emhly  of  the  Common- 
7veaJth  of  Kentneky: 

^ 1.  That  the  Roard  of  Coimcilinen  of  tlie  city  of 
Frankfort  shall  have  power  to  borrow,  on  the  bond  or 
bonds,  or  note  or  notes  of  the  city,  executed  by  the 
order  of  the  city  Council,  so  much  money  as  may  be 
necessary  to  extinguish  any  existing  indebtedness  of  the 
city,  on  such  time,  not  exceeding  four  years,  including 
renewals,  and  at  such  interest,  not  exceeding  eight  per 
centum  per  annum,  and  at  that  rate  for  the  time  such 
loan  may  run,  as  the  parties  may  agree;  and  any  bond 
or  bonds,  note  or  notes,  made  necessary  by  any  such 
loan  or  renewal  executed  by  the  signature  and  delivery 
■of  the  Mayor  and  seal  of  the  corporation,  shall  be  law- 
ful and  binding  on  the  city. 

§ 2.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  holder  and  owner  of 
Frankfort  city  bonds  now  outstanding  and  unpaid  to 
agree  with  tlie  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  for  ah  extension  of  time  for  payment  after 
the  maturity  of  any  such  bond  or  bonds,  for  such  time 
not  exceeding  four  years,  as  may  be  evidenced  b}^  the 
written  memorandum  of  the  Mayor  on  behalf  of  the 
•cit}y  and  the  holder  and  owner  of  said  bond  or  bonds 
indorsed  on  the  back  of  the  same,  and  at  a rate  of  in- 
terest as  may  be  agreed,  not  exceeding  eight  per 
centum  per  annum,  for  any  time  agreed  upon  within 
the  four  years  aforesaid  ; and  any  such  bond  or  bonds 
so  extended,  and  any  such  agreement  so  made  as  to  in- 
terest thereon,  shall  be  valid  until  fully  complied  with 
and  discharged. 

§ 3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  pas- 
sage. 


Council  author- 
ized to  borrow 
money  to  pay 
debt  of  city. 


Lawful  to  ex- 
tend time  of 
payment  of 
bonds  of  city. 


12 


Approved  February  6,  1874. 


1G2 


APPENDIX. 


How  Police 
Judge  elected, 
&c. 


Jurisdiction  of 
Police  Judge  in 
criminal  and 
penal  cases. 


Jurisdiction  of 
in  civil  cases. 


of  l^€>lioc 

CHAPTER  82. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act,  entitled  “An  act  to  amend  and  reduce 
into  one  the  several  acts  in  relation  to  the  city  of  Frankfort,’^ 
approved  March  16,  1869. 

Be  it  e7iactcd  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
ivealth  of  Kentucky : 

§ 1.  That  section  twenty-three  (23)  of  tlie  charter  of 
the  city  of  Frankfort,  approved  March  16,  1869,  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows,  to-wit : Tliat  the 
Police  Judge  of  said  city  of  Frankfort  shall  be  elected 
at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Lieutenant-Governor  of  this  Commonwealth, 
and  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office  shall 
lie  commissioned  by  the  Governor  of  said  Common- 
wealth, and  shall  take  the  constitutional  oath,  and 
an  oath  faithfully  and  impartially  to  discharge  the 
duties  of  liis  office.  He  shall  have  jurisdiction,  within 
the  limits  of  said  city,  of  all  misdemeanors,  of  all 
actions  for  the  violation  of  the  city  Charter,  Ordinances 
or  By-Laws,  of  all  prosecutions  for  damages  or  injury  to 
public  buildings  or  property  of  the  city.  He  may 
grant  injunctions,  writs  of  ne  exeat,  habeas  corpus,  re- 
straining orders,  and  attachments,  in  the  same  manner 
as  two  Justices  of  the  Peace  ; and  in  ail  criminal  and 
penal  cases  he  shall  have  the  same  jurisdiction  as  the 
laws  now  confer  on  two  Justices  of  the  Peace,  and  shall 
proceed  in  the  same  manner  that  Justices  of  the  Peace 
are  required  to  proceed  in  such  matters.  He  shall  have 
the  same  jurisdiction  in  civil  matters  and  cases  as  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the  same  Magistrates’  district, 
and  shall  hold  regular  quarterly  terms  of  his  court  for 
the  tricil  of  all  civil  cases  wliicli  may  come  before  him 
— the  times  of  which  holding  shall  be  fixed  by  him  by 
an  order  entered  on  his  civil  docket.  He  shall  have 
full  power  and  authority  to  receive  bail,  and  to  receive 


Al’PENDrX. 


163 


the  execution  and  acknowledgment  of  recognizances  of 
bail  and  bail  bonds  in  all  cases  originated  or  tried  be- 
fore him,  in  which  bail  is  or  may  be  reqiiij’ed;  and 
such  recognizances  and  bail  bond  shall  be  in  such 
form,  and  be  returned  in  such  manner,  as  is  or  may  be 
prescribed  by  the  several  laws  authorizing  or  requiring 
bail.  He  shall  be  a conservator  of  the  peace,  and  have 
jurisdiction  over  affrays,  assaults  and  batteries,  riots, 
breaches  of  the  peace,  unlawful  assemblies,  keeping 
disorderly  houses,  all  cases  of  indecent  or  immoral  be- 
havior, or  conduct  calculated  to  disturb  the  public 
peace  within  said  city;  over  all  cases  of  drunkenness, 
profane  swearing,  running  horses,  firing  guns  or  pis- 
tols, making  reports  by  burning  powder,  matches  or 
crackers,  or  other  explosive  substance  or  thing;  blow- 
ing horns,  flying  kites,  crying  aloud  by  day  or  night, 
and  all  other  riotous  conduct  whatever  within  said  city, 
all  of  which  are  hereby  declared  to  be  misdemeanors; 
for  carrying  concealed  weapons,  and  for  selling  liquor 
without  license  or  to  minors,  or  keeping  a tippling- 
house,  gambling  within  said  city,  and  for  all  other 
penal  offenses  and  misdemeanors  occurring  within  said 
city;  and  in  all  such  penal  and  misdemeanor  cases  the 
warrant  or  information  shall  run  or  be  prosecuted  in 
the  name  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Councilmen  of 
the  city  of  Frankfort;  and  the  fines  or  other  benefits 
resulting  therefrom  shall  go  to  said  city  under  the  same 
restrictions  of  said  city’s  liability  for  costs  as  are  con- 
tained in  the  24th  section  of  said  charter  to  which  this 
is  an  amendment;  and  in  all  prosecutions  before  him 
the  jury  may  assess  a fine  against  each  defendant  in 
any  sum  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  ($500), 
wherein  a different  penalty  is  not  fixed  by  law,  which, 
with  all  fees  and  costs,  may  be  discliarged  in  the  Work- 
house  or  on  the  streets,  alleys  or  AVork-house  grounds 


Conservator  of 
the  peace,  ju- 
risdiction of  as- 
saults, &c. 


Jury  may  assess 
a line  as  high 
as  $500. 


164 


Al’l’ENDIX. 


Work-house. 


Power  to  fine 
and  imprison 
for  contempt. 


Authorized  to 
take  deposi- 
tions. 


To  keep  record, 
«fec. 


of  said  city,  at  tlie  rate  of  fifty  cents  per  day;  and  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Council  men  may  1)  V Ordinance 
regulate  - the  running  and  regulations  of  said  Work- 
liouse,  and  may,  by  such  })unishments  as  they  may 
deem  proper,  enforce  the  same  from  the  inmates  there- 
of. And  may  hy  Ordinance  prescribe  any  punishment 
for  an  escape  from  said  Work-house,  or  the  custody  of 
the  Keeper  thereof,  of  any  perso'i  while  under  sen- 
tence to  confinement  therein,  or  to  labor  as  aforesaid, 
not  to  exceed  double  the  fine  remaining  unsatisfied  or 
double  the  unexpired  sentence  to  confinement  and 
labor.  The  Police  Judge  shall  order  the  Marshal  to 
summon  a jury  in  any  case  cognizable  before  him, 
when  a jury  would  he  required  in  a Circuit  Court  or  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace;  and  in  all  cases  when  the  fine  is 
or  may  not  he  fixed  hy  law  or  Ordinance,  the  same  shall 
he  ascertained  by  the  verdict  of  a juiy.  He  shall  have 
power  to  issue  su-mmones  for  witnesses  in  all  cases  pend- 
ing before  him,  and  to  compel  their  attendance.  He 
shall  have  the  power  to  fine  and  imprison  for  contempt, 
without  the  intervention  of  a jury,  provided  each  fine 
does  not  exceed  ten  dollars,  and  each  imprisonment 
twmlve  hours.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  him  to  take  depo- 
sitions and  certif}^  the  same  to  be  read  in  any  cause 
pending  in  any  court  in  this  Commonwealth.  - He  shall 
keep  a record  cf  the  proceedings  in  his  court,  a copy  of 
which,  duly  certified,  shall  be  evidence  in  all  courts  and 
have  the  same  effect  as  copies  of  other  records.  The 
records  and  papers  of  his  office  shall  be  delivered  by  the 
Police  Judge  on  the  expiration  of  his  term  to  his  suc- 
cessor: Provided,  That  all  trials  before  him  shall  he  in 
the  city  of  Frankfort:  And  provided  f urther,  That  in  all 
cases  mentioned  herein,  which  are  made  penal  or  mis- 
demeanors by  the  general  law  of  the  State,  and  which 
are  cognizable  in  the  Circuit  Courts,  the  jurisdiction  of 


APPENDIX. 


165 


tlie  Police  Judge  shall  not  be  exclusive  of,  but  concur- 
rent with,  the  Franklin  Criminal  Court.  All  acts  or 
parts  of  acts  inconsistent  berewitb  are  hereby  repealed. 

§ 2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  pas- 
sage. 

Approved  February  3,  1876. 


CHAPTER  805. 

AN  ACT  to  prevent  swine  from  running  at  large  in  the  city  of 
* Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
ivealth  of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  Mayor  and  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  be,  and  are  hereby,  empowered  to  pass  an 
Ordinance  or  Ordinances  declaring  it  unlawful  for 
swijie  of  any  age  to  run  at  large  within  said  city,  and 
to  fix  and  have  imposed  such  tine  or  punishment  for 
each  offense  as  they  ma}^  deem  proper,  and  as  they  may 
now  have  the  power  to  cause  to  be  inflicted  for  any 
breach  of  the  peace  within  said  city. 

§ 2.  Said  Mayor  and  (Councilmen  may  cause  the 
Marshal,  any  Deputy  Marshal,lVatchinan  or  Policeman 
of  said  city,  to  take  up  and  impound,  in  a place  pro- 
vided for  that  purpose,  any  swine  so  running  at  large 
in  said  city,  and  advertise,  or  cause  to  be  advertised,  the 
fact  that  such  swine  had  been  taken  up  and  impounded, 
for  th.e  space  of  ten  days,  by  posting  up,  at  at  least  four 
public  or  prominent  places  in  said  city,  a written  or 
printed  copy  of  such  advertisement;  said  advertisement 
must  contain  a description  as  nearly  as  it  can  well  be  given, 
of  the  age,  color,  and  ear  marks  (if  there  be  any),  of  such 
swine,  the  time  and  place  the  same  will  be  sold,  if  not 
sooner  called  for  and  reclaimed  by  the  owner,  by  his  prov- 
ing property  and  paying  all  costs  and  expenses  for  taking 


Authorized  to 
pass  Ordinance 
in  regard  to 
swine. 


Authorized  to 
impound  swine. 


16() 


AI'l’lCNDIX.  , 


Authorized  J:o 
pass  Ordinance 
inflicting  fine. 


Disposition  of 
money  realized 
from  sale  of 
swine. 


lip  and  keeping  said  swine.  Tlie  sale  thus  made  by  the 
Marshal,  or  otlier  pro])cr  ohicer  of  said  city,  shall  pass 
a complete  title  and  ownership  in  and  to  such  property 
to  the  purchaser,  as  much  so  as  a sale  made  by  a Sheriff 
at  a Sheriffs  sale  does  to  the  iiurchaser  at  such  sale: 
Provided,  That  such  sale  be  made  at  the  city  pound  or 
other  public  place,  by  publicly  crying  or  auctioneering 
such  pro])erty  off  to  the  highest  and  best  bidder  : And 
2^rovided  further,  That,  before  such  sale  is  made,  the 
property  to  be  sold  must  be  valued  by  two  housekeepers, 
who  shall  be  first  sworn,  by  some  officer  authorized  to 
administer  an  oath,  that  they  will  faithfully  discharge 
their  duties  as  such  appraisers. 

§ 3.  The  said  Mayor  and  Councilmen  may,  in  ad- 
dition to  punishing,  or  causing  to  be  punished,  the 
owners  of  stray  swine,  pass  an  (drdinance  inflicting  a 
fine,  of  not  to  exceed  twenty-five  dollars,  for  letting  out 
of  said  , pound  any  swine  impounded  therein,  or  for 
otherwise  interfering  with  the  enforcement  of  this  act, 
or  of  any  Ordinance  passed  in  pursuance  of  thisact. 

§ 4.  Any  money  resulting  from  a sale  made  as  above 
provided,  shall  be  paid  into  the  City  Treasury;  and  the 
owner  or  owners  of  such  swine  so  sold  may,  within  one 
year  next  after  such  sale,  demand  and  have  paid  back 
to  him  or  them  all  the  proceeds  of  such  sale,  after  de- 
ducting all  the  costs  of  such  taking  up,  impounding, 
keeping,  advertising,  and  selling;  said  costs  to  include 
a fee  of  one  dollar  to  the  officer  so  impounding,  adver- 
tising and  selling. 

§ 5.  This  act  to  take  effect  from  and  after  its  pas- 
sage. 


Approved  April  5,  1878. 


APPENDIX. 


1G7 


Hdiioiltion. 

CHAPTER  149G. 

AN  ACT  for  the  better  organization  of  Public  Schools  in  the 
city  of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  e)i.:tcted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  Mayor  and  Council  of  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort shall  submit  to  the  voters  of  said  city  a proposition 
to  levy  a tax,  not  exceeding  twenty-five  cents  on  the  olie 
hundred  dollars  of  taxable  property,  for  the  benefit  of 
Common  Schools  in  said  city. 

§ 2.  The  vote  upon  said  proposition  shall  be  polled  as 
is  now  done  in  the  case  of  municipal  elections  in  said 
city,  and  shall  be  had  in  the  month  of  May  of  the  year 
1807,  two  weeks’  public  notice  of  said  Amte  being  first 
giAmn  by  the  Mayor. 

§ 3.  At  said  poll  the  Clerk  shall  record  each  vote  as 
‘dor  the  tax”  or  “against  the  tax,”  as  the  case  may  be, 
and  the  poll  shall  be  certified  and  examined,  and  the 
result  announced  as  is  now  proAiided  in  the  case  of  mu- 
nicipal elections  in  said  city. 

§ 4.  If  the  result  of  the  poll  be  in  faAU>r  of  the  tax, 
then  the  Common  Council  shall  be,  and  is  hereb}%  em- 
poAvered  to  levy  a tax  not  exceeding  the  rate  hereinbe- 
fore specified,  vvhich  tax  shall  be  assessed  and  collected 
as  the  taxes  of  said  city  are  now  collected. 

§ 5.  Said  taxes,  Avhen  collected,  shall  be  held  by  the 
Treasurer  of  said  city  as  a separate  and  distinct  fund, 
to  be  disbursed  only  as  hereinafter  provided. 

§ 6.  The  Common  Council  shall  appoint  three  Trus- 
tees of  the  School  Fund,  Avho  shall  hold  office  until  the 
next  ensuing  election  of  city  officers,  and  until  their 
successors  are  duly  elected  and  qualified;  and  at  each 
annual  election  of  Councilmen  there  shall  be  elected 
three  Trustees  of  Common  Schools  for  the  city,  no  one 
■of  AAdiom  shall  be  a Councilman. 


Question  of  tax- 
ation to  be  sub- 
mitted to  voters 


A^ote— how  poll- 
ed. 


How  votes  to  be 
recorded. 


Tax  to  be  levied 
if  voted. 


Taxes  t")  be 
held  by  Treas- 
urer. 


Trustees  shall 
be  appointed. 


1G8 


APl’KNDIX. 


Powers  of  Trus- 
tees. 


Council  m a y 
erect  school 
building. 


Bond. 


§ 7.  Said  Trustees  shall  have  exclusive  conirol  of  tlie^ 
fund  hereinbefore  jirovided  for,  and  of  the  pro  rata  of 
said  city  from  the  Common  School  P\ind.  They  shall 
have  })ower  te  expend  said  moneys  in  the  interests  of 
Common  School  education  in  said  city.  They  may 
elect  a Chairman,  whose  check  shall  he  honored  by  the- 
City  Treasurer  to  the  amount  of  school  funds  in  his 
hands.  Said  Trustees  shall  report  monthly  to  the  Com- 
mon Council.  They  shall  submit  all  contracts  made 
by  them  for  the  approval  of  the  Common  Council;  and 
no  expenditure  exceeding  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
shall  be  made  without  the  approval  of  the  Board  of 
Common  Council.  Said  Trustees  shall  have  exclusive 
control  of  the  appointment  of  teachers,  regulation  of 
school  discipline,  course  of  study,  examinations,  and 
other  matters  of  regulation-  and  appointment  in  the 
Common  Schools  in  said  cit}\  They  may  appoint  ex- 
aminers, and  prescribe  qualifications  for  teachers  and 
pupils. 

§ 8.  The  Board  of  Council  men  may,  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Trustees  of  Public  Schools,  purchase^ 
build,  or  rent  any  building  or  buildings  necessary  or 
convenient  for  Common  School  purposes;  and  any  such; 
j^roperty  so  leased,  purchased,  or  otherwise  acquired, 
may  be  reserved  by  terms  of  deed  or  lease  to  the  Pub- 
lic Schools  of  Frankfort;  and  if  so  reserved,  shall  not 
be  liable  to  any  debt  of  said  city,  nor  shall  the  same  be 
diverted  from  school  purposes;  and  any  school  property 
so  reserved  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation. 

§ 9.  The  Trustees  hereinbefore  provided  for  shall  ex- 
ecute bond,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  and  Council,, 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties. 

Approved  February  27,  1867, 


ArPKNDJX. 


1G9 


iiriscliatian  of  l^(}Iiac 

CHAPTER  392. 

AN  ACT  regulating  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Police  Judge  of  the 
town  of  Frankfort. 

]h  it  enacted  hij  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  hereafter  it  shall  not  he  lawful  for  any 
Constable  or  other  officer  to  return  a warrant  in  any 
civil  suit  before  the  Police  Judge  of  the  town  of  Frank- 
fort, where  the  defendant  resides  out  of  his  district,  and 
is  an  inhabitant  of  Franklin  county,  and  when  the  de- 
fendant shall  notify  such  Constable  or  other  officer,  in 
writing,  that  he  does  not  desire  the  warrant  to  be  so  re- 
turned; but  the  same,  in  sncli  case,  shall  be  returned  ac- 
cording to  the  rcquisition.-j  of  the  fifth  section  of  the 
act  of  the  General  Assembly,  entitled  “An  act  to  amend 
the  law  concerning  Constables,”  approved  February 
4ih,  1820. 

Approved  February  19,  1840. 


F*alioe  iiclfro — Alarslinl, 

CHAPTER  273. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act,  entitled  “An  act  to  reduce  into  one 
the  several  acts  in  relation  to  the  town  of  Frankfort,  and  for 
other  purposes,”  approved  February  16,  1839. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Genercd  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  Police  Judge  of  Frankfort  shall  have 
same  jurisdiction,  power  and  authority  in  civil  cases 
that  any  Justice  of  the  I^eace  for  Franklin  county  iias; 
and  the  Marshal  of  the  town  of  Frankfort  and  his  Dep- 
uties shall  have  the  same  power  and  authority,  in  act- 
ing under  process  issued  hy  the  Police  Judge  of 
Frankfort,  that  any  Constable  of  Franklin  county  has 
in  acting  under  process  issued  by  a Justice  of  the  Peace 


When  unlawtul 
forCon.stable  to 
return  warrant. 


Jurisdiction  of 
Police  Judge 
and  Marshal  ex- 
plained. 


170 


APPENDIX. 


Act  of  1840  reg- 
ulutliiK  jurisdic- 
tion, not  repeal- 
ed. 


Motions  against 
Marshal  a n d 
Constable  may 
be  made  before 
the  PoliceJudge 
for  failure  to 
pay  over  money, 
&c. 


Liability  of 
Marshal  and 
Constables  for 
failing  to  re- 
turn executions 


Motions  against 
before  Police 
Judge. 


Notice  to  be 
given. 


for  said  <Njiiiity:  Provided , hmuever,  Tliat  nothing  in  this 
section  shall  be  cons! rued  to  repeal  the  act  regulating 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  Police  Judge  of  the  town  of 
Frankfort,  approved  February  19,  1840. 

§ 2.  That  in  every  case  where  the  Marshal  of  the 
town  of  Frankfort  or  his  Deputies,  or  any  Constable  of 
this  Commonwealth,  may  collect  any  money  on  a war- 
rant, attachment,  distress  warrant,  execution  or  other 
process  issued  by  the  Police  Judge  of  Frankfort,  or 
where  the  said  Marshal  or  his  Deputies  may  collect  any 
money  on  any  note,  order,  account,  fee-bill  or  other 
claim  or  demand  placed  in  his  or  their  hands  for  col- 
lection, and  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  pay  the  same,  or 
any  part  thereof,  to  the  person  entitled  to  receive  the 
same,  on  either  a parol  or  written  demand,  in  every 
such  case  the  said  Marshal  and  his  securities,  or  the 
said  Constable  and  his  securities,  as  the  case  may  be, 
shall  be  jointly  and  severally  liable  for  the  amount  of 
money  so  collected,  with  interest  thereon  at  the  rate  of 
fifteen  per  cent,  per  annum  from  the  time  the  same 
ought  to  have  been  paid  until  pai-.l,  recoverable  by  mo- 
tion before  the  Police  Judge  of  Frankfort,  on  ten  days’ 
notice,  in  writing. 

§ 3.  In  every  case  where  said  Marshal  or  his  Deputy, 
or  any  Constable  of  this  Commonwealtli,  shall,  without 
a good  and  sutheient  cause,  fail  to  return  to  the  Police 
Judge  of  Frankfort  any  execution  issued  by  him,  and 
which  shall  come  to  their  hands  for  collection  within 
thirty  days  after  the  return  day  thereof,  with  a written 
return  indorsed  of  what  he  has  done  with  the  same, 
said  Marshal  and  his  securities,  or  said  Constable  and 
his  securities,  shall  be  jointly  and  severally  liable  for 
the  amount  of  said  execution,  together  with  thirty  per 
cent,  damages  thereon,  recoverable  by  motion  before 
the  Police  Judge  of  Frankfort,  on  ten  days’  notice,  in 


APPENDIX. 


171 


writing:  Provided,  That  no  motion  sliall  be  made  under 
this  act  against  tlie  securities  of  said  Marshal  or  Con- 
stable, unless  made  within  two  yeai'S  from  the  time  of 
any  such  failure  or  refusal.  And  in  all  proceedings 
under  this  and  the  preceding  section  of  this  act,  either 
party  may  appeal  to  the  Franklin  Circuit  Court,  where 
the  judgment  rendered  by  the  Police  Judge  shall  ex- 
ceed twenty  dollars,  under  the  same  rules  and  regula- 
tions that  appeals  may  be  taken  from  judgments  of 
Justices  of  the  Peace  when  the  amount  in  controversy 
exceeds  five  pounds. 

§ 4.  That  so  much  of  the  twenty-sixth  section  of  the 
act,  to  which  this  is  an  amendment,  as  authorizes  the 
Trustees  of  said  town  to  impose  and  cidlect  a tax  upon 
the  real  estate  in  said  town,  to  be  applied  to  the  dis- 
charge of  the  debt  created  by  the  erection  of  the  water- 
Avorks  in  said  town,  be  continued  in  force  for  any  term 
not  exceeding  four  years. 

Approved  February  29,  1844. 


Piiblio  F*raperty. 

CHAPTER  1054. 

AN  ACT  to  protect  public  property  in  the  city  of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Comnion- 
ivedlth  of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act  it 
shall  be  held  and  deemed  to  be  a misdemeanor  for  any 
person  or  persons  to  pull  down,  destroy,  or  in  any 
manner  damage  or  injure  any  of  the  public  buildings 
and  offices  situated  upon  the  Capitol  Square  in  the  city 
of  Frankfort;  or  to  pull  down,  break,  carry  away,  or  in 
any  manner  injure  or  destroy  the  fencing,  stone-wall, 
gates,  pavements,  tvalks,  trees  and  shrubbery  on  and 


Appeals  may  be 
taken. 


Limitation  to 
tax  on  real  es- 
tate for  water- 
works. 


Unlawful  to  in- 
jure any  of  the 
public  property 
on  the  public 
square  in 
Frankfort. 


172 


Al'l’ENDIX. 


Penalty. 


How  prosecuted 


Courts  having 
jurisdiction. 


Final  process. 


around  said  Capitol  Stpiare,  or  to  injure  any  fixtures 
tliereon,  or  to  play  ball,  marbles,  bandy,  or  any  like 
game  of  s})ort  upon  any  part  of  said  Capitol  Square,  or 
in  or  about  any  of  the  building  and  offices  situated 
thereon,  or  to  dig  up  the  grass,  or  throw  stones  or  other 
missiles  upon  said  square,  or  erect  any  nuisance  thereon, 
or  to  efface,  mutilate,  destroy,  carry  away,  or  in  any 
manner  injure  any  of  the  furniture,  pictures,  books, 
papers,  records  and  documents  of  any  kind  in  and 
al)Out  any  of  the  public  buildings  and  offices  aforesaid, 
or  other  thing  pertaining  thereto. 

§ 2.  Any  person  or  persons  wdio  may  be  found  guilty 
of  any  of  the  offenses  enumeiated  in  tlie  first  section 
of  this  act  shall  be  fined  or  imprisoned  at  the  discretion 
of  a jur}q  or  both  so  fined  and  imprisoned,  and  shall 
also  be  adjudged  to  pay  the  costs  of  the  prosecution, 
and  shall,  moreover,  be  liable  in  a civil  action  for  double 
the  value  of  the  property  destroyed  or  injury  done. 

§ 3.  All  prosecutions  and  suits  brought  under  this 
act  shall  be  in  the  name,  and  for  the  use  of,  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Kentucky,  and  may  be  brought  at  the 
instance  of  any  person  capable  of  being  a witness;  but 
should  a wuirrant  be  sued  out  or  suit  brought  at  the  in- 
stance of  any  person  holding  a civil  office  in  this  State, 
or  any  [)erson  having  the  custody,  care  and  control  of 
said  public  square,  the  public  buildings  and  fixtures 
pertaining  thereto,  or'furniture,  books,  pictures,  papers, 
recouls  and  documents  in  and  about  any  of  the  public 
offices  situated  thereon,  such  officer  or  person  shall  not 
be  liable  for  tlie  costs  of  any  such  suit  or  prosecution. 

§ 4.  The  Police  Coun  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and 
the  Circuit  Court  of  Franklin  county,  shall  have  con- 
current jurisdiction  of  all  suits  and  prosecutions  for 
violations  of  this  act. 

g 5.  A capias  'pro  fine,  or  any  other  final  process,  may 


APPENDIX. 


173 


issue  from  time  to  time,  upon  a judgment  agninst  any 
person  or  })ersons  for  a violation  of  any  of  tlie  jiro- 
visions  of  this  act,  until  the  same  be  fully  satisfied. 

§ G.  This  act  to  be  in  force  from  its  passage. 

Approved  March  3,  1863. 


Caiinty 

CHAPTER  1449. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  laws  in  relation  to  the  city  of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  laws  in  relation  to  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort be  so  amended  as  that  the  jail-house  of  the  county 
of  Franklin  may  be  used  by  the  city  of  Frankfort  and 
the  authorities  thereof  as  a city  watch-house  for  the  city  of 
Frankfort;  and  the  Jailer  of  Franklin  county  is  au- 
thorized to  receive  into  said  jail  any  persons  therein 
committed,  upon  any  mittimus  issued  by  the  Police 
Judge  of  Frankfort,  upon  any  Ordinance  passed  by  the 
Council  of  said  city. 

§ 2.  That  the  Jailer  of  said  county  is  authorized  to 
receive  into  said  jail  all  persons  arrested  by  any  Peace 
Officer  of  said  city,  between  the  hours  of  10  o’clock,  P. 
M.,  and  6 o’clock,  A.  M.,  without  any  mittimus  from 
said  Police  Judge;  but  every  person  thus  arrested  shall 
be  carried  before  said  Police  Judge  for  trial,  or  for  ex- 
amination of  the  charge  against  him,  at  the  earliest 
practical  hour  after  said  arrest.  • 

§ 3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  March  4,  1865. 


Jail  may  be 
used  as  city 
watcb-bouse. 


Duties  of  jailer. 


174 


iU'I’UNDIX. 


Water-works. 


Bonds  authoriz- 
ed-S35,000. 


How  bonds  to 
be  issued. 


Tax  to  be  levied 


Uancis  to  Goniplete  Wntei'-works,  c?&e. 

CHAPTER  445. 

AN  ACT  for  the  benefit  of  the  city  of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  Whereas,  the  Bocird  of  Councihr>en  of  the  city 
of  Frankfort  liave  recently  incurred  a considerable 
debt  in  the  improvement  of  the  water-works  of  the  city; 
and  whereas,  said  works  are  yet  unfinished;  and  whereas,, 
the  said  city  lias  some  bonds  now  due  and  outstandino* 
for  other  purposes;  therefore,  the  said  Board  of  Coun- 
cil men  are  hereby  empowered  to  fund  the  existing  debt 
due  from  the  city,  and  are  hereby  authorized  to  issue 
the  bonds  of  the  city,  in  any  sums  not  exceeding  thirty- 
five  thousand  dollars  in  the  aggregate,  for  any  periods 
not  exceeding  twenty  years,  payable,  bonds  and  in- 
terest, at  such  place  as  may  be  fixed  by  Ordinance, 
bearing  any  rate  of  interest  not  exceeding  six  per 
centum  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually;  said  bonds 
to  be  of  not  less  denomination  than  five  hundred  dol- 
lars. 

§ 2.  Said  bonds  shall  be  issued  in  open  Council,  and 
shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  countersigned  by  the 
Clerk,  and  shall  bear  the  seal  of  the  corporation;  and 
said  bonds  may  be  sold  and  disposed  of  by  the  Board 
of  Councilmen,  upon  such  terms  and  in  such  manner 
as  may  be  deemed  best  for  the  interest  of  the  city,  but 
not  below  the  par  value  thereof:  Provided,  That  at  the 
time  of  the  issual  of  such  bonds,  a sufficient  tax  shall 
be  levied  on  the  taxable  property  of  the  city  to  meet 
the  payments  stipulated  therein,  wliether  of  principal 
or  interest;  and  shall  be  so  levied  and  collected  an- 
nually till  the  said  debt  shall  be  fully  paid. 

^ 3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 


Approved  March  16,  1880, 


APPENDIX. 


175 


I^Lirohnsc  of  South  l^ronlcTort  Jiricl^c* 
(niAPTER  1133. 

AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  city  of  Frankfort  to  purchase  the  stock, 

franchises,  privileges,  and  immunities  of  the  Frankfort  Bridge 

Company,  and  the  said  Company  to  sell  the  same. 

Whereas,  Negotiations  have  been  pending  between 
the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  on 
the  one  i)art,  and  the  Frankfort  Bridge  (Jompany  on  the 
other  part,  for  tlie  purclnise,  by  the  former  of  the  latter, 
of  their  entire  bridge  stock,  and  all  and  singular 
their  franchises,  privileges,  and  immunities  of  the  said 
Bridge  Company;  and  whereas,  the  following  proposi- 
tion has  been  made  by  the  one  side  and  accepted  by  the 
otlier,  to-wit:  '‘The  Bridge  Company  propose  that  the 
Council  shall  select  a fair,  disinterested  person,  and  the 
Bridge  Com’pany  another  fair,  disinterested  person,  and 
to  these  two  persons  thus  selected  shall  be  referred 
the  question  to  settle  what  will  be,  under  all  the  cir- 
cumstances, a fair  price  for  the  City  Council  to  pay  the 
Bridge  Company  for  their  stock  and  franchises  afore- 
said; and  should  these  two  persons  disagree,  they  are 
to  select  a third  person,  and  the  three  shall  settle  the 
said  price;  and  the  Council  obligate  the  in  selves  to  pay 
to  the  Bridge  Company  the  said  price  so  fixed,  provided 
same  is  not  in  excess  of  $20,000;  and  the  Bridge  Com- 
pany obligate  themselves  to  take  said  price,  provided 
the  same  is  not  less  than  $12,000.  If  the  price  so  fixed 
is  in  excess  of  $20,000,  the  Bridge  Company  are  to  take 
$20,000  therefor;  and  if  said  price  is  less  than  $12,000, 
the  Council  obligate  themselves  to  give  $12,000  there- 
for.’’ Now,  for  tlie  purpose  of  legalizing  the  said  un- 
dertakings, by  tlie  said  parties  respectively,  and  of 
authorizing  and  empowering  each  party  to  carry  out  the 
terms  of  their  agreement  aforesaid,  according  to  the 
true  intent  and  meaning  thereof. 


Frankfort 
Bridge  Compa- 
ny. 


Proposition. 


Price  fixed. 


17«) 


Al'I'ICNDIX. 


Bridge  stock 
be  purchased. 


Interest 

bonds. 


Sinking  fund. 


Be  it  oiaded  hy  the  General  As^^emhly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentaeky: 

to  § 1 That  the  l>oard  of  (Jouncilnien  of  tlie  city  of 
Frankfort  be,  and  the  same  is  liereby,  empowered  and 
autlioidzed  to  purchase  from  the  Frankfort  Fridge  Com- 
pany tlie  entire  stock  in  said  Bridge  Company,  with  all 
the  franchises,  privileges  and  immunities  thereof;  and 
that  the  said  Frankfort  Bridge  Company  he,  and  it  is 
hereby,  authorized  and  empowered  to  sell,  transfer  and 
convey  to  the  Board  ol  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  the  entire  stock,  rights,  privileges  and  tVan- 
chises  of  the  said  Bridge  Company,  so  as  to  invest  the 
said  Board  of  Councilmen  with  all  the  rights,  title, 
privileges,  appurtenances  and  franchises,  which  the 
said  Bridge  company  now  liave  or  enjoy  in  respect  to 
said  bridge  and  approaches  thereto;  and  in  order  to 
raise  the  means  to  enable  the  City  Council  to  pay  to 
the  said  Bridge  Com})any  the  amount  which  may  be 
ascertained  as  aforesaid  as  owing  to  the  Bridge  Com- 
pany, the  said  City  Council  is  hereby  authorized  to 
issuo  the  bonds  of  the  said  city,  hearing  an  interest  at 
the  rate  of  six  per  centum  per  annum,  payable  semi- 
annually, the  principal  payable  within  twenty  years 
from  date  of  issue,  but  with  the  privilege,  on  the  part 
of  the  City  Council,  to  pay  off  and  discharge  any  or  all 
of  said  bonds  at  any  time  or  times  after  the  lapse  of 
five  years  after  the  date  of  issue:  Provided,  That  the 
City  Council,  at  the  time  of  issuing  said  bonds,  shall 
provide  for  the  creation  of  a sinking  fund  for  the  pay- 
'iiient  of  the  interest,  as  well  as  the  i)rincipal  of  said 
bonds,  at  maturity. 

§ 2.  This  act  to  take  effect  from  and  after  the  passage 
thereof. 


Approved  April  24,  1880. 


APPENDIX. 


177 


J%.menclnicnt  to  Ghnrtei' — Consaliclntian  of 
l^rnnlcfart  and  South  l^raiilcfoi't, 

CHAPTER  1103. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act  to  amend  and  reduce  into  one  the 
several  acts  in  relation  to  the  city  of  Frankfort,  approved 
March  16,  1869. 

WhePvEAS,  Differences  and  disputes  have  existed  be- 

Preamble. 

tween  the  city  of  Frankfort  and  tliat  portion  of  said 
city  on  the  south  side  of  Kentucky  river  known  as 
;South  Frankfort;  and  for  settlement  the  same  were,  by 
public  meetings  of  the  citizens  of  said  city,  and  by  the 
Board  of  Conncilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  referred 
to  a commission,  and  said  commission  has  made  a 
report  of  settlement  to,  and  the  same  has  been  ratified 
and  confirmed  by,  said  Board  of  Conncilmen,  who  now 
ask  the  necessary  legislation  to  carry  out  the  same;  now, 
to  that  end, 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  all  accounts,  claims  and  indebtedness,  of 
every  character  and  description,  between  the  city  of  canceled. 
Frankfort  and  that  part  of  said  city  on  the  south  side 
of  the  Kentucky  river,  known  as  South  Frankfort,  be, 
and  the  same  are  hereby,  declared  to  be  fully  cancelled 
and  relinquished.  And  all  the  propert}q  rights,  fran- 
chises and  immunities  of  every  kind  and  description, 
belonging  or  appertaining  to  the  city  of  Frankfort  or 
North  or  South  Frankfort,  are  hereby  made  and  de- 
clared to  be  the  common  property,  rights,  franchises 
and  immunities  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  including 
South  Frankfort,  and  all  the  debts  or  liabilities  in- 
curred, or  to  be  incurred  by  the  city  of  Frankfort,  are 
hereby  made  and  declared  to  be  the  debts  and  liabilities 
of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  as  embracing  both  North  and 
South  Frankfort. 

13 


178 


APFKNDTX. 


City  laid  off  Into 
three  wards. 


Board  of  nine 
Councllmen  to 
be  elected. 


Amended  b y 
acts  of  April  7, 

m2. 


Quallflca  1 1 o n s 
of  voter. 

Amended  by  act 
of  April  30, 1888. 


§ 2.  Tlie  city  of  Frankfort  is  hereby  laid  off  into 
tliree  wards,  as  follows,  to-wit:  That  part  of  said  city 
south  of  Kentucky  river  shall  constitute  the  First 
Ward;  that  part  on  the  north  side  of  Kentucky  river, 
and  east  of  the  center  of  St.  Clair  street,  shall  consti- 
tute the  Second  Ward;  and  that  part  on  the  north  side 
of  Kentucky  river,  and  west  of  the  center  of  St.  Clair 
street,  shall  constitute  the  Third  Ward. 

§ 3.  That  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  to  be  elected  at  the  next  regular,  and  each 
succeeding  election,  shall  consist  of  nine  Councilmen, 
three  of  whom  shall  be  residents  of  the  First  Ward, 
three  of  the  Second  Ward,  and  three  of  the  Third 
Ward,  each  of  whom  shall  be  the  owner  of  real  es- 
tate in  the  ward  for  which  he  was  elected,  and 
shall  have  been  a resident  of  said  ward  one  year  next 
preceKng  his  election.  If  a Councilman  removes  from 
his  ward,  he  shall  thereb}"  vacate  and  forfeit  his 
office. 

§ 4.  That  the  qualifications  of  voters  at  said  elections 
shall  be  as  now  prescribed  by  law.  Each  voter  shall 
vote  in  the  district  in  which  he  resides,  and  shall  have 
the  right  at  such  voting  place  to  vote  for  nine  Council- 
men;  but  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  such  voter  to  vote 
for  more  than  three  persons  who  are  residents  of  the 
same  ward.  The  three  persons  receiving  the  highest 
number  of  votes  for  each  of  said  wards  shall  be  declared 
to  be  elected. 

§ 5.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  April  24,  1880, 


APrKXDIX. 


179 


Risrht  to  l^iii'vhnso  T^niids  J^or  U.  S.  Catirt^ 
room  nriil  l*ost^offioo, 

CHAPTER  11G3. 

AN  ACT  to  give  the  consent  of  the  State  of  Kentucky  to  the 
purchase  by  the  United  States  of  lands  in  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a building  for  a court-room, 
post-office  or  custom-house,  and  ceding  jurisdiction  over  the 
same. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Cornmon- 
ivecdth  of  KentucJny: 

§ 1.  That  the  consent  of  the  State  of  Kentucky  is 
hereby  given  to  the  purchase  by  the  United  States  of 
any  lands  lying  in  the  city  of  Frankfort  for  the  purpose 
of  erecting  thereon  buildings  for  a court-room,  post-office 
or  custom-house,  for  the  use  of  the  Government  of  the 
United  States;  and  all  jurisdiction  which  the  said  Govern- 
ment of  the  United  States  can  exercise  over  said  buildings 
and  grounds  under  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States, 
and  the  laws  made  in  pursurance  thereof  is  hereby 
ceded  to  the  United  States;  but  the  State  of  Kentucky 
hereby  reserves  the  right  to  execute  all  civil  and  crim- 
inal process  issimd  under  its  authority  upon  or  within 
any  grounds  or  buildings  acquired  by  the  United 
States  under  this  act;  and  the  said  property  shall  be 
exempt  from  all  taxes  by  the  State  of  Kentucky,  or  by 
its  authority,  so  long  as  the  same  may  be  the  property 
of  the  United  States. 

§ 2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  April  24,  1880. 


Work- House — A.Qreement  Between  City  nnd 

County. 

An  article  of  agreement  this  day  made,  by  and  be- 
tween the  county  of  Franklin,  acting  by  and  through 
the  County  Court  thereof,  of  the  first  part,  and  the  city 
of  Frankfort,  acting  by  and  through  the  Mayor  and 


Right  to  erect 
public  buildings 
i n Frankfort 
ceded  to  United 
States. 


180 


APPENDIX. 


Board  of  Coiuicilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  of  the 
second  part,  witnesseth;  that  whereas,  the  party  of  the 
second  part  hath  erected  in  said  city,  and  is  now  main- 
taining and  conducting  a work-house  and  place  of  con- 
finement for  persons  who  may  be  legally  convicted  and 
sentenced  thereto  for  offenses  against  the  Laws  and  Ordi- 
nances within  and  appertaining  to  said  city ; and 
whereas,  the  party  of  the  first  part  hath  not  as  yet 
erected  a work-house  for  the  use  of  the  county;  and 
whereas,  the  parties  to  this  contract  have  agreed  upon 
terms  by  which  the  county  shall  have  the  joint  use  of 
the  said  work-house  of  the  party  of  the  second  part; 
now  this  agreement,  to-wit: 

1.  It  is  understood  and  agreed  by  the  parties  hereto, 
that  the  party  of  the  first  part  shall  have  the  right  and 
privilege  of  committing,  dr  causing  to  be  committed,  to 
the  work-house  of  the  party  of  the  second  part,  for  con- 
finement and  labor,  all  persons  convicted  and  adjudged 
to  pay  a fine,  or  fine  and  imprisonment,  pursuant  to 
law,  within  the  said  count}^  ; and  the  party  of  the 
second  part  agrees  to  receive  all  such  persons  as  may 
be  so  legally  convicted  and  delivered  at  said  work- 
house,  whether  upon  the  judgment  of  a court  of  com- 
petent jurisdiction  or  upon  a carnets  pro  fine  issued  on 
any  such  judgment,  and  the  same  to  keep  and  to  be 
worked  and.  cared  for  according  to  the  provisions  of  an 
act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Kentucky,  entitled  “An  act  to  authorize  the  county 
courts  to  establish  Avork-houses,  and  to  provide  for  the 
confinement  therein  of  persons  adjudged  guilty  of  mis- 
demeanors,” approved  March  9th,  1876. 

2.  The  party  of  the  second  part  shall  feed,  lodge 
and  furnish  proper  medical  attention  (including  med- 
icines), Avhen  sick,  and  shall  in  all  respects  care  for 
such  prisoners  so  delivered  to  the  party  of  the  second 


APPENDIX. 


181 


part  as  aforesaid,  as  required  by  the  provisions  of  the 
act  of  . the  General  Assembly  aforesaid. 

3.  It  is  understood  that  the  party  of  the  second  part 
shall  be  entitled  to  the  benefit  of  the  labor  of  said 
prisoners,  and  shall  have  the  right  to  manage  and 
control  them;  and  it  is  further  understood,  that  the 
party  of  the  second  part  shall  not  be  held  responsible 
for  the  escape  of  any  such  prisoners,  but  shall  have  the 
right  to  pursue  and  recapture  any  of  such  as  may 
escape,  and  cause  them  to  be  punished  for  such  escape 
according  to  the  provisions  of  said  act. 

4.  It  is  further  understood,  that  this  contract  is  to 
continue  and  be  in  force  until  the  same  shall  be  an- 
nulled by  the  mutual  agreement  of  the  parties  hereto. 

In  testimo.ny  of  all  which,  the  party  of  the  first  part, 
b}"  the  signature  of  the  Presiding  Judge  of  the  county 
of  Franklin,  and  the  party  of  the  second  part,  by  the 
signature  of  the  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and 
by  affixing  the  official  seal  of  the  County  Court  of  said 
county,  and  the  official  seal  of  the  city  of  Frankfort, 
have  ratified  and  confirmed  this  contract  May  27th, 
1880. 


R.  A.  THOMPSON,  P.  /.  P.  C.  C. 
[Seal.]  S.  I.  M.  MAJOR,  Mayor  of  Frankfort. 


Colortfd  Puhlic  Sohools, 

AN  ACT  to  establish  a public  school  for  children  of  the  African 
race  residing  in  the  city  of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  Trustees  of  the  Public  School  shall  es- 
tablish, organize  and  maintain  a Public  School  for 
children  of  the  African  race  residing  in  the  said  city, 
which  shall  be  known  as  the  Colored  Public  School  of 
Frankfort. 


182 


Al'l'UNDIX, 


Duties  and  pow- 
ers of  Trustees 


As  to  colored 
Trustees. 


Fund  for  sup- 
port of  school. 


Fund  to  be  kept 
separate. 


§ 2.  Tlie  Trustees  of  the  Public  School  shall  exercise 
a general  supervision  over  the  Colored  Public  School, 
make  rules  and  regulations,  adopt  text-books  and  a 
course  of  study  for  the  same,  and  appoint,  within 
twenty  da}^s  from  the  passage  of  this  act,  five  discreet, 
qualified  colored  voters  in  the  city,  who  shall  be  the 
advisory  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  colored  school. 

§ 3.  Tlie  Trustees  of  the  Public  School  shall  pre- 
scribe the  duties  of  the  colored  Trustees,  make  rules 
and  regulations  for  their  government,  remove  them  for 
cause,  and  supply  all  vacancies  in  the  said  advisory 
Board  caused  by  death,  resignation,  removal  from  office, 
or  removal  from  the  city. 

§ 4.  The  fund  for  the  support  of  the  Colored  Public 
School  shall  consist  of  the  pro  rata  from  the  State  for 
the  education  of  colored  children  residing  in  the  city, 
and  such  other  sums  of  money  as  are  now,  or  may 
hereafter  be,  set  apart  by  Law  or  Ordinance,  or  other- 
wise, for  the  support  of  the  said  Colored  Public  School. 

§ 5.  The  fund  provided  for  in  this  act  shall  be  kept 
separate,  collected  and  disbursed  as  the  funds  for  the 
support  cf  the  Public  Schools  are. 

§ 6.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 

§ 7.  This  act  to  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  April  8,  1880. 


Business  Hanses  Classified, 

AN  ACT  in  relation  to  the  city  of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  General  xissernhhj  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  shall  have  ])Ower  and  authoi‘it\  to  cause  all 
stores  and  groceries  and  business  houses,  wholesale  or 


APPENDIX. 


183 


retail,  within  said  city  to  be  classified  and  divided  into 
not  exceeding  tv\'elve  classes;  and  may  collect  a tax  on 
each,  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per 
year  on  each  retail  store,  and  not  exceeding  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars  per  year  on  each  wholesale 
store. 

§ 2.  That  this  act  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  January  6,  1882. 


AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act,  entitled  “An  act  to  amend  and  reduce 
into  one  the  several  -acts  relating  to  the  city  of  Frankfort,” 
approved  April  24,  1880. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
ivealth  of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  several  wards  of  the  city  of  Frankfort 
shall  be  the  same  as  at  present  constituted. 

§ 2.  The  City  Council  of  Frankfort  shall  consist  of 
nine  members,  three  to  be  elected  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided, from  each  ward.  Said  Councilmen  to  be  eligi- 
ble, shall  be  residents  in  the  wards  from  which  they 
are  returned,  and  bona  fide  free-holders,  who  shall  have 
paid  their  poll  and  other  city  taxes  sixty  days  prior  to 
the  day  of  election. 

§ 3.  Elections  for  Councilmen  shall  be  held  bi-enni- 
ally  on  the  first  Saturday  in  December,  beginning  with 
the  current  year.  Every  person  qualified  to  vote  for 
Representative  in  the  General  Assembly  shall  be  quali- 
fied to  vote  for  Councilmen:  Provided,  That  he  shall, 
sixty  days  preceding  the  election,  have  paid  all  poll 
and  other  taxes  due  to  the  city.  For  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  who  have  so  paid  their  taxes,  the  City 
Marshal  or  Collector,  shall,  upon  payment  of  taxes, 
give  to  each  person  so  paying  a receipt  or  certificate  to 
that  effect,  and  shall  enter  the  names  of  each  person  so 
paying  sixty  days  prior  to  the  day  of  election  in  a reg- 


Dlvlded  Into  not 
exceeding  1 2 
classes. 


Amount  of  tax 
limited. 


Number  of 
wards. 


Council  m e n — 
number  and 
eligibility. 


Amended  by  act 
of  1888. 


Election— when 
to  be  held. 


Qualification  of 
voters. 


Amended  by  act 
of  April  30, 1888. 


APPENDIX. 


184 


Clerk  to  have 
published  list 
of  registered 
voters. 


Amended  by  act 
of  April  30. 18t8. 


Election  of  City 
Attorney. 


Unlawful  for 
Ccuncilmen  to 
be  interested  in 
any  contract  of 
the  city,  or 
take  any  fee  or 
reward  as  attor- 
ney or  counsel 
for  city. 


ister  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose;  those  resident  in  each 
ward  to  be  kept  separately. 

§ 4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk,  thirty 
days  next  preceding  the  election,  to  make  a cop}^  of 
said  registered  list  of  persons  entitled  to  vote,  as  pro- 
vided in  the  preceding  section,  and  cause  the  same  to 
be  published  four  times  in  a newspaper  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort.  It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  said  Clerk  to 
furnish  the  officers,  appointed  by  the  City  Council,  to 
hold  said  election,  copies  of  said  lists  duly  certified  by 
him  as  Clerk. 

§ 5.  No  receipt  or  certificate  of  payment  of  taxes 
shall  be  issued  except  to  such  persons  as  have  actually 
paid  their  taxes,  and  a Marshal  or  Collector  who  shall 
antedate  any  receipt  or  certificate,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  misfeasance  of  office,  and,  upon  indictment 
and  conviction,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  nor 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars. 

§ 6.  The  next  election  for  City  Attorney  shall  be  held 
on  the  first  Monday  in  August,  1884,  and  each  succeed- 
ing election  for  the  same  shall  be  held  on  the  first 
Monday  in  August  quad-rennially  thereafter,  the  same 
qualifications  being  required  for  voters  for  this  office  as 
for  Councilmen.  The  Councilmen  and  City  Attorney 
mentioned  in  this  act  shall  enter  upon  the  discharge  of 
their  duties  at  the  time,  and  their  term  of  office  shall 
be  as  now  prescribed  by  law. 

§ 7.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  member  of  the  City 
Council  to  contract  for  the  performance  of  any  work  ta 
be  let  or  authorized  by  said  Council,  or  to  be  directly 
or  indirectly  interested  in  any  contract,  payment  for 
which  is  to  be  made  from  the  City  Treasury.  Nor 
shall  any  member  of  the  City  Council  take  or  receive 
any  fee  or  reward  as  attorney,  counsel  or  agent  for 
the  city,  or  the  transaction  of  any  business  which  may 
come  before  the  Council. 


APPENDIX. 


185 


§ 8.  Any  Councilman  violating  the  provisions  of  the 
foreffoimr  section  shall  be  liable  to  indictment  in  the 

O O 

Franklin  Circuit  Court,  and,  upon  conviction,  shall  be 
fined  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  five  thousand 
dollars,  or  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not  less 
than  ten  days  nor  more  than  one  year,  or  be  both  so 
fined  and  imprisoned. 

§ 9.  All  proceedings  of  the  City  Council  shall  be 
with  open  doors,  accessible  to  the  public,  and  the  journal 
thereof  shall  be  at  all  times  open  to  public  inspection, 
subject  only  to  such  regulations  as  will  guard  against 
its  defacement  or  mutilation. 

§ 10.  All  acts  or  parts  6f  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

§ 11.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  pas- 
sage. 

Approved  April  7,  1882. 


IBjiLtenclinQ'  City  I^iniits. 

AN  ACT  to  extend  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
leealth  of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  be  ex- 
tended so  as  to  include  within  the  authority  and 
jurisdiction  of  said  city  all  territory  and  property  sit- 
uated and  lying  within  the  boundary  following,  to-wit: 
Beginning  at  the  point  where  the  present  city  limits 
intersect  the  old  Louisville  road  on  Shelby  street;  thence 
with  and  including  said  old  Louisville  road,  in  a south 
and  south-west  direction-,  to  the  point  where  said  road 
strikes  the  present  Louisville  and  Frankfort  turnpike 
road;  and  running  thence  in  an  eastern  and  northern 
course  with,  and  including  said  turnpike  road,  to  the 
point  where  same  intersects  the  present  city  limits. 


Vunfshment  for 
same. 


Proceedings  of 
Council  to  be 
open  and  rec- 
ords open  to 
public  inspec- 
tion. 


Amended  by  act 
of  April  22, 1890. 


18G 


APPENDIX. 


Can  not  collect 
taxes  on  pas- 
ture lands. 


Sh.all  not  bind 
city  to  keep  up 
a n y turnpike 
in  this  bound- 
ary. 


Authorized  to 
Issue  bonds  in 
sums  of  $70,000 
to  run  not  ex- 
ceeding twenty 
years. 


§ 2.  But  iiothiDg  in  this  act  shall  authorize  said  city 
to  levy  or  collect  taxes  on  any  of  the  lands  included  in 
said  boundary,  which  are  used  as  pasture  lands,  until 
the  said  lands  shall  be  laid  off  into  half  acre  or  smaller 
lots,  or  shall  be  improved,  built  upon  or  used  as  city 
property. 

§ 3.  Nor  shall  this  act  create  any  responsibility  or 
liability  upon  said  city  for  keeping  up  or  repairing  any 
part  of  the  aforesaid  turnpike  included  in  the  aforesaid 
boundary, 

§ 4.  This  act  to  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  April  17,  1882. 


To  Fund  Floating  Deht. 

AN  ACT  for  the  benefit  of  the  city  of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky’. 

§ 1.  The  city  of  Frankfort  having  a large  floating 
debt,  now,  for  the  purpose  of  funding  the  same  and  pro- 
vide for  the  payment  thereof,  said  city  is  hereby  author- 
ized to  issue  its  coupon  bonds  in  sums  not  exceeding 
seventy  thousand  dollars  in  the  aggregate,  for  ain^  period 
not  exceeding  twenty  years,  bonds  and  interest  payable 
at  such  place  as  may  be  fixed  by  Ordinance,  bearing 
interest  not  exceeding  six  |)er  cent,  per  annum, 
payable  semi-annually;  said  bonds  to  be  in  denomi- 
nations of  not  less  than  one  hnndred  dollars,  nor  more 
than  one  thousand  dollars;  said  bonds  shall  be  issued 
before  the  Board  of  Coiincilmen  in  open  session,  and 
a register  of  such  issue  made  upon  its  journal.  The}^ 
shall  be  signed  by  the  INIayor  and  countersigned  by  the 
Clerk,  and  bear  the  seal  of  said  city,  and  the  coupons 
shall  be  signed  by  tlie  Clerk  alone.  Of  said  bonds, 
thirty-five  thousand  dollars  shall  bear  six  per  C(  nt. 
interest,  be  specially  registered  as  issued,  and  delivered 


APPENDIX. 


187 


in  payment  of  that  amount  due  from  tlie  said  city  for 
the  fund  collected  by  it  from  tlie  lottery,  and  so  invested 
as  required  by  law  for  the  benefit  of  tlie  Frankfort 
City  School;  and  when  so  issued,  to  be  delivered  lo  the 
Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  for  safe  keeping. 
The  remaining  thirty-five  thousand  dollars  of  said 
bonds  may  be  sold  and  disposed  of  by  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  upon  such  terms  and  in  such  manner 
as  may  be  deemed  best  by  the  Board  of  Sinking  Fund 
Commissioners  for  the  interest  of  said  city,  but  not 
below  the  par  value  thereof. 

§ 2.  And  whereas,  there  has  been  no  sinking  fund 
created  for  the  purpose  of  retiring  the  present  indebt- 
edness of  said  city;  now,  to  provide  for  the  prompt  pay- 
ment of  the  interest  and  principal,  at  maturity,  not  only 
of  the  present  bonded  indebtedness  of  said  city,  but 
also  of  the  bonds  hereby  authorized  to  be  issued,  a 
sinking  fund  is  hereby  created  therefor,  to  consist,  first, 
of  all  moneys  collected  and  received  by  said  city  from 
all  licenses  of  every  description,  other  than  such  part 
thereof  as,  by  law,  the  city  is  required  to  pay  into  the 
State  Treasury;  and,  second,  a sum  to  be  by  the  Board 
of  Councilmen  of  said  city  levied  and  collected  as  taxes 
in  said  city  annually,  as  will  be  sufficient,  when  added 
to  the  amount  realized  from  licenses,  to  pay  the  interest 
and  retire  the  principal  of  said  bonded  indebtedness  as 
it  matures;  and  all  officers  of  said  city,  whose  duty  it  is 
to  collect  or  receive  any  part  of  the  said  funds,  so  set 
apart  to  said  sinking  fund,  shall,  as  fast  as  the  same  is 
received,  pay  the  same  over  to  the  Board  of  Sinking 
Fund  Commissioners,  first,  however,  obtaining  a permit 
from  the  Clerk  of  said  city  for  said  payments,  which  per- 
mit shall  be  dated,  give  the  amount  of  the  payments  to  be 
made,  and  the  source  from  whence  the  money  to  be  paid 
was  collected  or  received.  Said  Collecting  Officer  shall 


$35, (XX)  of  the 
l)ou(ls  to  pay 
school  lottery 
fund. 


Sinking  Fund 
created. 


What  amounts 
go  to  Sinking 
Fund,  and  how 
determined. 


188 


AI'rESDIX. 


Who  constitute 
Board  of  Sink- 
ing Fund  Com- 
missioners. 


Board  shall 
elect  officers. 


Duties  of  the 
Board. 


Council  shall 
define  duties  of 
the  Marshal. 


not,  however,  receive  credit  for  such  payment  until  he 
returns  to  the  City  Clerk  the  receipt  of  the  Board  of 
Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  therefor. 

^ 3.  A Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  is 
hereby  ostablislied  for  said  city,  to  consist  of  the  Cash- 
iers of  the  three  banks  now  established  in  said  city,  and 
the  Mayor  of  said  city.  If,  at  any  time,  the  Cashier  of 
either  of  said  banks  shall  refuse  to  act  as  a member  of 
said  Board,  the  Board  of  Council  men  shall  declare  his 
place  in  said  Board  vacant,  and  proceed,  b}^  ballot,  to 
elect  a suitable  person  to  fill  the  same.^  No  })erson,  ex- 
ceptthe  Mayor,  who  is  in  any  Avay  connected  with  the  city 
government,  or  in  any  office  thereof,  or  who  is  not  a 
resident  of  said  city  and  has  resided  therein  four  years, 
shall  be  eligible  to  a position  in  said  Board.  Said 
Board  shall  elect  a President,  a Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer from  its  members.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
Board  to  receive,  from  tlie  proper  Collecting  Officers  of 
said  city,  and  receipt  to  the  same  therefor,  all  moneys 
and  dues  of  every  kind 'belonging  to  the  sinking  fund 
of  said  city,  and  properly  invest  in  good  and  solvent  in- 
terest bearing  securities,  and  use  the  same  in  the 
proper  paAunent  of  the  interest  and  retirement  of  the 
present  bonded  indebtedness  of  said  city,  including  that 
authorized  by  this  act:  Provided,  however,  That,  in  the 
retirement  of  said  bonded  indebtedness,  inasmuch  as 
the  thirty-five  thousand  dollars  of  bonds  hereby  author- 
ized to  be  issued  in  payment  of  so  much  of  the  Lottery 
School  Fund  is  in  the  nature  of  an  investment  for  the 
benefit  of  the  City  School,  that  shall  be  the  last  to  be 
paid  off;  but  the  interest  thereon  shall  be  promptly 
paid  to  the  use  of  siiid  scliool  as  provided  by  law. 

§ 4.  The  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort 
shall  have  power  to  deline  the  duties  of  the  Marshal  of 
the  city  of  Frankfort,  appoint  a Receiver  or  Collector 


APPENDIX. 


189 


of  Taxes,  and  other  dues  to  said  citv,  and  remove  said  stiaii  appoint 

" _ collector  of 

Receiver  or  Collector;  and,  when  said  Receiver  or  Col- 
lector  shall  be  so  ap})ointed  and  sworn  into  office  before 
said  Board,  and  a record  made  thereof  on  its  journal, 
and  he  shall  have  given  good  bond  for  the  faithful  dis-  collector  to  give 
charge  of  his  duties,  to  be  approved  by  the  Board  of 
Councilmen,  he  shall  have  the  same  powers  and  duties, 
and  be  under  the  same  responsibilities  therefor  for  the 
collection  of  taxes  and  other  dues  to  said  city,  the  ad- 
vertising, sale,  and  redemption  of  property,  and  con- 
veyance of  sam(i  when  sold  to  enforce  payment  of 
taxes,  as  are  now  by  law  conferred  and  imposed  upon 
the  Marshal  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  or  may  hereafter 
be  conferred  upon  said  Marshal  or  Collector. 

§ o.  All  laws,  or  parts  of  laws,  in  conflict  with  this 
act  are  hereby  repealed. 

§ 6.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  April  22,  1882. 


Note.— By  an  act,  approved  March  26,  1884,  in  section  one 
thereof,  there  is  substituted  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  in  lieu 
of  seventy  thousand  dollars,  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  in  lieu  of 
thirty-five  thousand  dollars,  specially  registered  bonds  to  cover 
Lottery  Fund,  and  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  in  lieu  of  thirty- 
five  thousand  dollars  to  cover  general  floating  'debt;  and 
in  section  three  are  added  these  words  after  the  word  city, 
and  before  the  word  if,  viz:  “Said  Sinking  Fund  Commis- 
sioners shall  make  an  annual  report  of  their  doings  and  transac- 
tions to  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and 
execute  to  said  Board  a bond,  to  be  approved  by  it,  for  the  faith- 
ful discharge  of  their  duties.”  In  all  other  respects  said  act  is 
identical  with  this  act. 


190 


Al>IM£NDIX. 


Board  of  Coun- 
cil given  autlu  r- 
ity  to  enforce 
collection  o f 
taxes  by  suit  in 
equity. 


Co/ieetio/i  of  Taxes, 

AN  ACT  to  amend  and  reduce  into  one  the  several  acts  in  rela- 
tion to  the  city  of  Frankfort,  approved  March  16,  1869. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
luealth  of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  in  addition  to  the  powers  and  authority 
conferred  1121011  the  Board  of  Coiincilmen  of  the  city 
of  Frankfort  by  the  above  styled  act,  and  especially  the 
24(1  section  thereof,  to  which  this  is  an  amend inent,  it 
shall  have  the  power,  right  and  authority,  by  a suit  in 
equity  in  any  court  of  equitable  jurisdiction  held  in  the 
city  of  Frankfort,  to  enforce  and  foreclose  its  lien  for 
city  taxes  and  to  prove  and  enforce  its  claim  or  lien  for 
city  taxes,  in  any  action  instituted  by  any  2ierson  or 
2iersons,  coiqioration  or  corporations,  on  all  estate  for 
said  city  taxes  due  it,  as  any  other  claim  is  now  proved 
up  and  enforced  in  chancery. 

§ 2.  Jurisdiction  is  hereby  conferred  ui^on  the 
Franklin  Circuit  Court  and  the  Franklin  Common 
Pleas  Court  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

§ 3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  April  24,  1882. 


Bonds  Tor  Coloreh  Biihlic  Schools, 

AN  ACT  to  authoiize  the  Board  of  Council  men  of  Frankfort  to 
issue  bonds  for  school  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
ivealth  of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  Whereas,  the  Board  of  Coiincilmen  of  the  city 
of  Frankfort  is  authorized  by  the  city  charter  to  build, 
purchase  or  procure  any  additional  grounds  or  build- 
ings which  may  be  necessary  for  common  school  iiur- 
jioses;  therefore,  to  enable  the  Board  of  Coiincilmen  to 
realize  a fund  sufficient  to  procure  a suitable  building 


APTENDIX. 


191 


and  necessary  furniture,  fixtures  and  apparatus  for  the 
colored  public  scliool  of  the  city,  the  said  Board  of 
Councilinen  may  issue  bonds  of  the  city  to  the  amount 
of  ten  thousand  dollars,  of  the  denomination  of  five 
hundred  dollars  each,  with  coupons  attached,  for  the 
payment  of  interest,  which  interest  may  be  at  any  rate 
per  annum  not  exceeding  six  per  cent.,  and  shall  be 
payable  semi-annually,  to-wit:  On  the  first  days  of  Jan- 
uary and  Julv  at  the  Farmers’  Bank  of  Kentucky, 
Frankfort,  Kentucky;  said  bonds  to  be  payable  twenty 
years  after  date  at  said  Farmers’  Bank  of  Kentucky. 
The  bonds  to  be  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  counter- 
signed by  the  Clerk,  with  the  corporate  seal  of  the  city 
attached,  and  the  coupons  to  be  signed  by  the  Clerk, 
which  said  bonds,  so  issued  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  pub 
upon  the  market  by  the  Mayor  and  sold,  and  from  the 
sale  thereof  there  shall  be  realized  the  said  funds  as 
aforesaid:  Provided,  That  the  said  bonds  shall  not  be 
sold  for  a less  sum.  than  their  face  value. 

§ 2.  The  Board  of  Councilinen  shall,  from  year  to 
year,  levy  upon  the  taxable  property  of  said  city,  and 
collect  an  additional  tax  sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  on 
said  bonds,  and  redeem  and  payoff  the  same  when  they 
shall  become  due,  which  said  taxes,  as  levied  and  collected, 
shall  be  kept  separate  and  apart  from  the  other  reve- 
nues of  the  city,  and  shall  not  be  used  for  any  other 
purposes  than  the  payment  of  the  interest  and  principal 
of  said' bonds. 

§ 3.  The  funds  realized  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds 
shall  be  kept  separate  and  apart  from  the  other  funds 
of  the  city,  and  shall  be  styled  the  Colored  School 
Building  Fund,  which  fund  shall  not  be  used  for  any 
other  than  the  purpose  herein  named. 

§ 4.  When  a suitable  building  and  necessary  furni- 
ture, fixtures  and  apparatus  shall  have  been  procured 


xVlay  Issue  §10,- 
OW)  worth  of 
bonds  for  build- 
ing, &c. 


Shall  levy  tax 
to  pay  Interest 
on  the  bonds. 


To  be  kept  sep- 
arate. 


Fund  to  be  kept 
separate. 


192 


APPENDIX. 


Who  to  consti- 
tute the  build- 
ing committee. 


Power  to  ex- 
pend fund. 


Bonds  not  sub- 
ject to  taxation 
for  city  pur- 
poses. 


for  tlie  Colored  Puldic  School  of  said  city,  the  balance  of 
the  said  building  fund,  if  any  shall  be  then  remaining, 
shall  be  jilaced  to  the  credit  and  made  part  of  the  fund 
for  the  support  of  the  Colored  Public  School. 

§ 5.  The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  public  schools 
and  the  Committee  on  Education  of  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  shall  constitute  and  be  styled  the  School 
Building  Committee.  The  Chairman  and  Secretary  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Public  Schools  shall  be 
respectively  Chairman  and  Secretary  of  the  said 
School  Building  Committee,  which  building  committee 
shall  have  power  to  expend  the  said  colored  school 
building  fund  for  the, purpose  aforesaid.  The  said  fund 
shall  be  disbursed  upon  the  order  of  the  said  committee 
and  upon  warrants  signed' by  the  Chairman  and  Secre- 
tary thereof. 

§ 6.  The  bonds  provided  for  in  this  act  shall  not  be 
subject  to  taxation  for  city  purposes. 

§ 7.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Approved  April  25,  1884. 


Note.— By  an  act  approved  May  3,  1884,  the  above  act  was 
amended  as  follows,  by  adding  after  section  seven  of  said  act  the 
words,  “ This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage,” 
and  the  following  words,  “ all  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed.” 

This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 


API>ENI)IX. 


H)) 

*To  Z’roetire  l^ropcrty  for  l^iihlio  l*iirpt>scs. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act,  entitled  “An  act  to  amend  and  reduce 
into  one  the  several  acts  in  relation  to  the  city  of  Frankfort, 
approved  March  16,  1869.” 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
u'ealth  of  Kentucky: 

§ 1,  To  procure  property  for  public  streets  and  munic- 
ipal purposes  in  said  city,  the  Council  may,  by  Ordinance 
or  Resolution,  authorize  the  Mayor  to  purchase,  at  a 
stated  price,  any  designated  property  for  a specified 
purpose,  and  the  Mayor  may  tender  to  the  owners  of  the 
property,  if  adults,  the  mone}^  at  said  price  and  make 
the  purchase,  if  assented  to;  but  if  the  owner  refuse  to 
sell  at  such  price,  the  property  may  be  condemned  by  comiemn 
proceedings  for  that  purpose  in  the  name  of  the  city  eu^or^puMic 
of  Frankfort  against  all  owners  of  said  property,  or 
.any  part  thereof,  in  the  Franklin  Circuit  Court,  or  any 
court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  and  such  court  shall  Manner  of  con- 
make  all  such  orders,  rules  and  judgments  as  will 
secure  a fair  trial  by  an  impartial  jury  of  not  less  than 
;six  free-holders  of  said  city  or  county  of  Franklin,  who 
shall  be  sworn  in  such  form  as  tlie  court  ma}y  direct, 
and  say,  by  their  verdict,  what  compensation  the 
respective  owners  shall  have  for  tlie  property  proposed 
to  be  condemned, including  damages,  if  any,  occasioned 
by  sueh  taking;  and  upon  such  inquest  the  court  shall 
make  its  judgment  of  condemnation  to  take  effect  upon 
the  payment  of  the  money,  in  pursuance  of  the  judg- 
ment, unless,  for  objections  and  cause  shown,  within 
five  days  after  such  inquest,  the  court,  in  its  discretion, 
shall  rule  or  order  otherwise.  All  costs  of  the  proceed- 
ings shall  be  paid  by  the  city  of  Frankfort.  Either 
party  may  except  to  tlie  proceedings  and  have  the 
right  of  appeal,  as  in  cases  of  other  final  orders  or 
judgments- 

§ 2.  This  act  shall  take  effeet  from  and  after  its  pas- 
.:sage. 


14 


Approved  April  28,  1884. 


]91 


APPENDIX. 


Clei’k  allowed 
commission  on 
sums  collected 
and  paid  into 
State  Treasury, 


$15,000  in  bonds 
lor -school  build- 
ings. &c. 


01oi'k*s  J^eos  an  State  L,ieenses. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  charter  of  the  city  of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky : 

§ 1.  That  section  13  of  the  charter  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  approved  March  16,  1869,  be,  and  the  same 
is  hereby,  so  amended  that  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  shall  be  allowed  the  same  commission 
upon  sums  collected  and  paid  into  the  State  Treasuiy 
for  licenses,  provided  in  said  section  13,  as  is  now  paid 
County  Clerks  for  such  service. 

§ 2.  This  act  shall  be  in  force  from  its  passage. 

Approved  February  1,  1886. 


Bands  far  Schaal  Burpases. 

AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  to  issue  bonds  for  school  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Genercd  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
ivealth  of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  to  enable  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the 
city  of  Frankfort  to  realize  a fund  sufficient  to  erect  a 
suitable  building  or  buildings,  and  necessary  furniture,, 
fixtures  and  apparatus  for  the  Public  School  or  Schools 
of  tlie  city,  said  Board  of  Councilmen  may  issue  bonds 
of  the  city  to  the  amount  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  of 
the  denomination  of  five  hundred  dollars  each,  with 
coupons  attached  for  the  payment  of  interest,  which  in- 
terest may  be  at  any  rate  per  annum  not  exceeding  six 
per  centum,  and  shall  be  payable  semi-annually,  to-wit: 
On  the  first  of  January  and  July,  at  the  Farmers’  Bank 
of  Kentucky,  in  Frankfort,  the  bonds  to  be  signed  by 
the  Mayor  and  countersigned  by  the  Clerk,  with  cor- 
porate seal  of  the  city  attached,  and  the  coupons  to  be 
signed  by  the  Clerk.  AVlnch  said  bonds,  so  issued 
as  aforesaid,'  shall  be  put  upon  the  market  by  the 


APPENDIX. 


195 


Mayor  and  sold,  and,  from  the  sale  thereof,  shall  be 
realized  said  funds  as  aforesaid:  Provided,  That  the  said 
bonds  shall  not  be  sold  for  a less  sum.  than  their  face 
value.  Said  bonds  shall  be  due  and  payable  in  twenty 
years  from  this  date,  but  may  be  redeemable  at  any 
time  after  five  }’ears,  at  the  option  of  the  Council. 

g 2.  The  bonds  provided  for  in  this  act  shall  not  be 
subject  to  taxation  for  city  purposes. 

§ 3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  18,  1886. 


Licenses, 

AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act,  entitled  “An  act  to  amend  and  re- 
duce into  one  the  several  acts  in  relation  to  the  city  of  Frank- 
fort,” approved  March  16,  1869. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Genercd  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
ivealth  of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  an  act,  entitled  ^‘An  act  to  amend  and  re- 
duce into  one  the  several  acts  in  relation  to  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  approved  March  16,  1869,”  be  amended  as 
follows:  That  subsections  36,  37,  38  and  39  of  section 
10  of  an  act  entitled,  ‘‘An  act  creating  a new  charter  for 
the  city  of  Owensboro,  approved  March  18,  1882,  be, 
and  the  same  is,  applicable  to  the  Board  of  Councilmen 
of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  except  so  much  of  subsection 
36  as  mentions  or  refers  to  the  Ohio  river,  and  in  lieu 
of  this  word  ‘Ohio’  the  word  ‘Kentucky’  is  inserted,  and 
strike  out  all  words  in  subsection  36  after  the  words 
‘upon  boats  or  water  crafts  of  any  kind  in  the  Ohio 
river.’  ” 

§ 2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  pas- 
sage. 


Bonds  not  to  be 
sold  tor  less 
than  their  face 
value. 


Not  subject  to 
city  taxation. 


Making  s e c - 
tions  of  Owens- 
boro charter  ap- 
ply to  Frank- 
fort. 


Approved  April  9,  1886. 


•19G 


APl'lCNKIX. 


To  whom  li- 
cense may  be 
granted. 


May  fix  amount 
of  license  and 
prescribe  terms 
and  conditions. 


Tlie  following  arc  snlisections  3G,  37,  38  and  39,  of 
the  charter  of  Owensboro  referred  to: 

Sulisec.  30.  The  Common  Council  shall  have  power 
to  grant  licenses  to  the  following  persons  and  Imsiness, 
and  provide  by  Ordinance  adequcite  penalties  for  doing 
business  without  license,  to-wit:  Tavern  keepers,  inn 
keepers,  retailers  of  spiritous  liquors,  keepers  of  beer, 
ale,  porter,  cider,  and  wine-shops,  houses  and  cellars, 
and  all  other  places  of  public  entertainment;  and  show- 
men, and  keepers  and  managers  of  theatrical  exhibitions, 
concerts,  menageries,  circuses, fortune-tellers,  astrologers, 
clairvoyants,  and  all  other  exhibitions  for  money  or  re- 
ward; and  auctioneers,  commission  merchants,  banks 
of  incorporation,  both  under  the  State  and  United 
States  laws;  builders,  architects,  insurance  agents  and 
companies,  express  companies,  telephone  companies, 
telegraph  companies,  real  estate  agents,  dentists,  law- 
3^ers,  physicians  and  surgeons;  dealers  in  live  stock, 
and  butchers  doing  business  in  the  city  of  Owens- 
boro; tobacco  stemmeries,  livery  stables  and  ware- 
houses, and  houses  for  the  sale  or  manufacture  of 
dry  goods,  groceries,  and  wholesale  liquor  houses;  deal- 
ers in  coal,  and  all  other  houses  or  places  for  the 
purchase,  manufacture  or  sale  of  goods,  wares  or  mer- 
chandise; persons  vending  at  retail  or  wdiolesale,  by 
sample  or  otherwise,  goods,  wares,  merchandise,  and 
all  other  business  done  in  the  city  not  herein  specified, 
and  personal  property  of  any  kind  in  said  city. 

Subsec.  37.  And  in  granting  such  licenses,  as  by  this 
act  the  Common  Council  is  authorized  to  grant,  they 
shall  charge  such  sum  or  sums  of  money  as  they  shall 
deem  fit  and  reasonable,  and  annex  to  such  licenses 
such  terms  and  conditions  as,  in  their  opinion,  the 
peace,  good  order  and  general  interests  of  the  city  may 
require. 


Al’I’ENDIX. 


197 


Subsec.  3(S.  And  if  any  i)erson  so  licensed  be  guilty 
of  any  violation  of  such  condilion,  or  suffering  it  to  be 
done  by  any  })erson  in  his  ein})loy,  he  shall,  upon  con- 
viction thereof,  in  addition  to  the  penalty  })rescribed  for 
such  violation,  have  his  license  suspended  for  a limited 
time,  or  wholly  annulled,  as  the  Common  Council  may 
hereafter  by  Ordinance  prescribe. 

Subsec.  39.  Xo  license  herein  allowed  to  be  granted 
by  the  Common  Council  shall  be  for  a longer  time  than 
one  year,  but  may  be  for  a shorter  time,  in  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Council;  and  the  charge  therefor  shall 
be  paid  into  the  City  Treasury  before  such  license 
is  granted. 


Bands  far  Sewers. 

AN  ACT  for  the  benefit  of  the  Board  of  Councilman  of  the  city 
of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  hij  the  Gencred  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
u'eedth  of  KentneJey: 

§ 1.  That  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  to  construct  and 
maintain  good  and  sufficient  sewers,  for  the  better  drain- 
ing of  said  city  of  k"rankfort,  and  to  provide  for  the 
payment  of  the  same,  the  said  Board  of  Councilmen  of 
the  city  of  Frankfort  be,  and  it  is  hereby,  authorized 
and  empowered  to  issue  its  coupon  bonds  in  sums  not 
exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars  in  the  aggregate;  said 
bonds  to  run  for  a period  of  twenty  years  from  the  date 
hereof,  bearing  interest  not  exceeding  five  per  cent,  per 
annum,  payable  semi-annually  ; bonds  and  interest 
■ payable  at  such  place  as  said  Board  of  Councilmen  of 
'the'  city  of  Frankfort  ma^g  by  Ordinance,  designate; 
said  bonds  to  be  in  denominations  of  not  less  than  five 
hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  one  thousand  dollars; 
said  bonds  shall  be  issued  before  the  Board  of  Council- 


Penalty  for  vio- 
lating condi- 
tion.s  of  li- 
censes. 


Xo  license  for 
a longer  time 
than  one  year.. 


May  issue  SIO,- 
000  of  bonds  for 
sewer  purposes 


To  bear  inter- 
est not  exceed- 
ing five  per 
cent 


198 


APrENDIX. 


Sections  2 
3 ot  act  of  A 
22,  1882,  to 
ply. 


The  Mayor- 
powers  and 
ties. 


men  of  tlie  city  of  Frankfort  in  open  session,  and  a 
register  of  sucli  issue  made  upon  its  journal;  they  shall 
he  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  countersigned  liy  the  Clerk 
of  said  Board  and  hear  the  seal  of  said  city,  and 
the  coupons  shall  he  signed  by  the  Clerk  alone.  Said 
bond^  may  be  sold  and  disposed  of  by  said  Board  upon 
such  terms  and  in  such  manner  as  it  may  deem  best  for 
the  interests  of  said  city,  but  not  below  the  par  value 
thereof. 

§ 2.  That  for  the  payment  of  the  interest,  as  well  as 

and  the  principal  of  said  bonds  at  maturity,  all  the  pro- 
^prii  ...  ^ 

ap-  visions  and  requirements  of  sections  2 and  3 of  an  act, 

entitled  “An  act  for  the  benefit  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,’’ 

approved  April  22,  1882,  establishing  “a  sinking  fund” 

and  a Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners,  is  hereby 

made  to  apply  to  the  bonds  hereby  authorized  to  be 

issued  as  fully  as  the  same  applies  to  the  present  bonded 

indebtedness  of  said  city. 

§ 3.  This  act  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  May  18,  1886. 


ISleotion  of  Caiinailnien  and  Sohonl  Xiriistees, 

AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  election  and  in  part  to  define  the 
duties  of  a Mayor,  Board  of  Councilmen  and  School  Trustees  of 
the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  to  provide  for  the  establishment  of 
a Board  of  Commissioners  to  control  the  police  and  fire  depart- 
ments thereof,  and  to  define  their  duties. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  The  chief  executive  officer  of  the  city  of  Frankfort 
shall  be  styled  the  Mayor,  and  shall  be  elected  on  the 
first  Saturda}^  in  December,  1888,  and  every  three  years 
du-  thereafter,  by  the  legal  voters  of  said  city,  having  the 
same  qualifications  as  an  elector  to  vote  for  Represen- 
tative, and  shall  serve  until  his  successor  is  qualified; 
and  shall  be  ineligible  to  that  office  for  the  ensuing 


APPENDIX. 


199 


three  years,  unless  the  people  shall  decide  otherwise  as 
provided  in  section  7.  No  person  shall  be  Mayor  who 
has  not  attained  the  age  of  thirty  years;  is  not  a qual- 
ified voter  of  the  city  and  who  has  not  been  a resident 
thereof  for  five  years  next  preceding  his  election;  who 
is  not  a hona  fide  owner  of  real  estate  in  said  city  at 
the  time  of  his  election ; who  holds  any  other  civil 
office,  or  is  directly  or  indirectly  interested  in  any  con- 
tract with  said  city  as  principal  or  surety;  and  if,  after 
◄election,  he  becomes  so  interested,  or  an  applicant  for 
.-such  contract,  or  a candidate  for  any  office  or  agency, 
his  office  shall  thereby  become  vacant,  and  the  Board 
of  Conncilmen  shall  so  declare  and  fill  the  vacancy. 

§ 2.  The  Mayor  shall  commence  the  execution  of  his 
office  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  January  succeeding  his 
-election.  He  shall  receive  for  his  services  not  less  than 
five  hundred  nor  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  per 
nnnum,  payable  quarterly  out  of  the  City  Treasury,  the 
.amount  to  be  first  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Conncilmen. 
He  shall,  from  time  to  time,  give  the  Board  of  Council- 
men  such  information  of  the  state  of  the  corporation, 
and  such  suggestions  as  he  may  deem  proper,  or  they 
may  require;  and  he  may  recommend  to  them  such 
measures  as  he  may  deem  important  for  their  consid- 
'^ration.  He  shall  exercise  a general  supervision  over 
all  the  executive  and  ministerial  officers  of  the  city, 
and  see  that  their  official  duties  be  honestly  performed; 
and  may  require  from  them  statements  in  writing  con- 
cerning the  discharge  of  said  duties.  He  shall  take 
care  that  the  Laws,  Ordinances  and  Resolutions  of  the 
city  are  faithfully  executed,  and  shall  perform  such 
•other  duties  not  inconsistent  with  the  city  charier  as 
may  be  required  by  Ordinance  or  Resolution.  He  shall 
Re  head  of  the  Police  of  the  city,  and  may  command 
them  in  the  performance  of  tl)eir  duty;  and,  when 


Mayor  must  be 
thirty  years  old, 
&c. 


Shall  not  be  in- 
terested in  any 
contract  with 
city  as  princi- 
pal or  surety. 


Term  of  office 
of  Mayor  be- 
gins. 


Mayor’s  salary. 


Mayor  to  give 
information  to 
Council  and  rec  • 
ommend  meas 
ures. 


Mayor  to  exer- 
cise supervision 
over  officers  of 
city,  &c. 


Ma  'or  shall  be 
head  of  pohcr. 


APPENDIX. 


2C0 


May  order  into 
ser\ice  citizens 
in  onier  to  en- 
force laws  or 
prevent  calami- 
ty. 


Ordinances  and 
re  s o 1 u t i 0 n s 
must  be  pre- 
sented to  tne 
Mayor  for  liis 
approval  cr  dis- 
approval. 


Tvvc-tbirds  vote 
n'^cessa  ry  t o 
pass  over  May- 
or’s veto. 


For  special  rea- 
sons Mayor  may 
convene  Ccun- 
cil. 


Mayor  has  pow- 
er CO  aunniiis- 
ter  oaths. 


When  a Mayor 
pro  tern. may  be 
elected. 


deemed  bydiim  iieeeiiSai'y  to  enforce  tlie  laws  or  arrest 
calamity,  or  save  life  or  ))i*o})erty  in  case  of  danger^, 
he  may  order  into  service  any  of  the  citizens, either  civil  or 
military,  and,  in  such  cases,  he  shall  he  })resent  and  com- 
mand in  jierson;  and  the  Bonrd  of  Councilmen  shall  pre- 
scribe suitahle  fines  and  penalties  for  disobedience  of  his 
orders  on  such  occasions.  Except  on  adjournment,  or  ap- 
proval of  a conti'act  theretofore  apjiroved  by  the  Mayor,, 
every  proposed  Ordinance  or  Resolution  which  has  passed 
the  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  he  presented  to  the  Mayor,, 
and,  if  he  approve,  he  shall  sign  it,  and  then  it  shall  be 
obligatory;  hut  if  he  disap})rove,  he  shall  return  it,, 
with  his  objections  in  writing,  and  the  said  Board  oE 
Councilmen  shall  then  reconsider  the  same,  and,  if  two- 
thirds  of  the  mem  hers-elect  concur  in  adopting  it  again,, 
it  shall  he  obligatory;  hut,  in  such  cases,  the  vote  shall 
be  taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  and  recorded  in  the  journal; 
should  he  withhold  a proposed  Ordinance  or  Resolution 
beyond  a day  for  the  next  regular  meeting,  and  the 
Board  of  Councilmen  actually  meet,  if  three  days  have 
intervened  between  the  presentation  to  the  Mayor  and 
such  meeting,  it  shall  be  obligatory,  if  signed.  For 
special  reasons  tlie  Mayor  may  convene  the  Council  at 
any  time. 

§ 3.  The  Mayor  shall  have  the  same  power  to  admin- 
ister oaths  or  affirmations- that  .lustices  of  the  Peace 
and  other  judicial  officers  of  this  Commonwealth  have; 
and  persons  violating  such  oath  or  affirmatioii  shall  be 
subject  to  the  penalties  prescribed  by  law  for  violating; 
such  oath  or  affirmation,  if  taken  before  any  judicial 
officer.  Should  the  Mayor  be  temporarily  disabled 
for  discharging  his  duties,  or  the  office  become  vacant 
before  the  expiration  of  his  term,  the  said  Council 
shall  elect  a Mayor-  pro  tern.,  who  shall  discharge  the 
duties  of  the  office  during  the  continuance  of  the  disa- 


APPENDIX. 


201 


bility,  or  until  a Mayor  lias  been  elected  and  qualified 
as  provided  by  this  act.  The  Council  shall  allow  such 
compensation  to  the  Mayor  pro  tern,  as  they  may  deem 
right,  not  exceeding  in  proportion  the  salary  of  the 
Mayor,  and  mi\y,  if  they  think  it  just,  deduct  the 
amount  in  whole  or  in  part  from  the  salary  of  the 
Mayor. 

§ 4.  At  the  next  election  for  city  officers  there  shall 
be  elected  by  the  voters  of  said  city,  having  the  same 
qualifications  to  vote  as  provided  by  law  for  the  election 
of  a Representative,  nine  Couiicilmen,  three  Council- 
men  to  be  elected  from  each  ward  of  said  city,  and  to 
be  voted  for  by  the  qualified  voters,  as  above  provided, 
of  the  respective  wards  from  which  they  are  returned; 
and  said  Councilmen  shall  reside  in  and  be  bona  fide 
owners  of  real  estate  in  the  respective  wards  which 
they  represent.  The  Board  of  Councilmen  shall  elect 
one  of  their  number  President,  who  shall  preside  at 
the  meetings  of  the  Board,  and  have  such  powers, 
duties  and  responsibilities  as  the  said  Board  may  think 
just  and  proper;  and  they  shall  not  be  eligible  for  two 
successive  terms,  unless  the  people  decide  otherwise,  as 
provided  in  section  7 of  this  act.  Tbe  Board  of  Coun- 
cil, when  elected  and  duly  qualified,  shall,  at  their  first 
regular  me*eting,  nominate  nine  men  (not  city  officers), 
who  shall  he  bona  fide  owners  of  real  estate  in  the  city 
of  Frankfort,  and  submit  their  names  to  the  Mayor, 
who  shall  select  from  their  number  four  men,  who,  to- 
gether with  the  Mayor,  shall  be  a commission  to  con- 
trol the  Police  ami  Fire  Departments,  and  hold  office 
for  two  years,  without  compensation  ; and  they  shall 
take  the  same  oath  as  the  Council  and  in  the  same 
manner;  and  the  said  Commissioners  shall  have  power 
to  remove  for  cause  and  fill  vacancies  in  the  Police  and 
Fire  Departments.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Com- 


Compen.satlon 
of  Mayor  pro 
and  how 

paid. 


Three  Council- 
men  to  he  elect- 
ed from  each 
ward. 


Mu5t  reside  in 
ward  from 
which  elected 
and  be  bona 
tide  owners  of 
real  estate. 


Council  to  elect 
one  of  num- 
ber President, 
and  his  powers 
and  duties. 

Councilmen  not 
eligible  for  two 
successive 
terms. 


Manner  of  se- 
lecting Police 
Commissioners 
and  their  Quali- 
tications. 


Term  of  ofiBce. 


Power  and  du- 
ties of  Commis- 
sioners. 


202 


APPENDIX. 


Shall  adoi)t 
rules  and  Jegu- 
lations  for  po- 
lice and  lire- 
nien. 


Shall  fix  sala- 
ries. 


Maimer  of  fill- 
ing vacancy  in 
Board  of  Com- 
missioners. 


City  Clerk  to  be 
^ Clerk  of  Board 
of  Commission- 
ers. 


Mayor  shall  ap- 
point Chief  of 
Police  and 
Chief  of  Fire 
Department. 


May  be  remov- 
ed by  Mayor 
with  consent  of 
Commis  sioners 


Oath  of  Mayor 
and  Council- 
men. 


Publication  of 
delinquent  tax- 
list. 


missioners  to  aiijioint  Police  and  Firemen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  and  they  shall  adopt  such  rules  and  regula- 
tions as  they  may  deem  proiier  for  the  government  of 
the  Police  and  Fire  Departments,  in  carrying  out  the 
Ordinances  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  fix  the  sala- 
ries of  the  Chiefs  of  Police  and  Fire  Departments,  and 
tlieir  subordinates,  and  the  same  shall  be  })aid  by  war- 
rant drawn  on  the  City  Treasurer;  and  in  case  of  the 
death,  resignation  or  failure  to  qualify  of  any  of  said 
Commissioners,  the  Mayor  may  appoint  from  the  re- 
maining nominees  to  fill  a vacancy,  and  the  City  Clerk 
shall  be  the  Clerk  of  the  Commissioners  of  Police  and 
Fire  Departments.  The  Mayor  shall  appoint  a Chief 
of  Police  and  Chief  of  the  Fire  Departments,  who 
shall  be  qualified  voters  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and 
who  shall  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Police  and  Fire 
Commissioners;  and  the  Chiefs  of  Police  or  Fire  De- 
partments may  be  removed  by  the  Mayor,  by  and  with 
the  consent  of  the  other  Police  and  Fire  Commis- 
sioners. 

§ 5.  The  Mayor  and  Council  shall,  in  addition  to  the 
oatli  now  prescribed  by  law,  make  oath  or  affirmation 
that  they  are  hona  fide  owners  of  real  estate  in  the  city 
of  Frankfort. 

§ 6.  The  delinquent  tax-list  of  said  city  shall  be  pub- 
lished in  one  of  the  newspapers  of  Frankfort,  selected 
by  the  Council,  in  such  manner  as  they  deem  best  for 
the  city,  which  publication  shall  be  certified  as  now 
provided  by  law. 

§ 7.  That  a separate  election  shall  be  held  in  the  city 
of  Frankfort  in  each  ward,  as  now  provided  by  law  for 
other  elections,  on  the  first  Monday  in  September  next, 
for  the  ratification  or  ix-jection  of  the  provision  in  this 
act  in  regard  to  the  eligibility  of  the  Mayor,  Board  of 


APPENDIX. 


203 


Counciliiien  and  School  Trustees  for  two  successive 
terms,  the  voters  to  ex])ress  their  opinion  in  eacli  case 
se])arately.  The  officers  of  such  election  shall  be  ap- 
pointed and  have  the  same  (lualifications  as  now  pro- 
vided for  city  elections  in  said  city,  and  the  returns 
tliereof  sliall  l)e  made  in  the  same  manner  as  now  pro- 
vided by  law.  There  shall  be  provided  a book  for  such 
purpose,  with  columns  headed  for  eligibility,  for  each 
of  the  officers  named  above,  and  against  the  same  for 
each  of  the  officers  named;  and  the  voters  voting  at 
said  election  shall  have  propounded  to  each  of  the 
qualified  voters  in  each  ward  voting  at  said  election,  by 
the  officer  thereof,  the  following  questions  : 1.  Are  you 
in  favor  of  the  eligibility  of  the  Mayor  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  for  two  successive  terms?  2.  Are  you  in 
favor  of  the  eligibility  of  the  members  of  the  City 
Council  for  two  successive  terms?  3.  Are  you  in  favor 
of  the  eligibility  of  the  School  Trustees  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  for  two  successive  terms  ? The  answer  of 
each  vot^r  upon  each  question  shall  be  recorded  by  the 
Clerk  of  said  election,  either  in  the  affirmative  or  nega- 
tive, as  the  case  may  be,  and  the  result  shall  be  counted 
and  certified  as  other  elections  are  counted  and  certified 
under  the  laws  of  Frankfort  pertaining  to  city  elections. 
If  the  majority  of  the  votes  cast  are  in  favor  of  the 
eligibility  of  the  Mayor,  Board  of  Councilmen  and 
School  Trustees  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  for  two  suc- 
cessive terms,  the  same  shall  be  the  law  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort.  If  a majority  of  said  voters  cast  their 
votes  against  the  eligibility  of  any  or  all  of  the  officers 
named  for  two  successive  terms,  it  shall  be  a law,  and 
in  each  case  the  same  shall  apply  to  the  officers  named 
hereafter  elected  in  said  city.  The  qualifications  of  the 
voters  in  such  special  election  shall  include  all  legal 


Election  to  de- 
t ‘Cinine  wheth- 
er Mayor  and 
Council  shall 
l e eligible  to 
fucceel  them- 
selves. 


204 


APPENDIX. 


Six  School 
Trustees  to  be 
elected.  Two 
from  each  ward 


Qualilicatioi'.s 
01  Trustees. 


County  Judge. 
&c..  to  appoint 
officers  of  reg- 
istration. 


Qu  ilification  of 
odicer  of  regis- 
tration. 


qualified  voters  who  are  authorized  to  vote  for  Repre- 
sentative, and  no  registration  shall  be  made  for  such 
election. 

§ 8.  On  the  days  now  fixed  by  law  for  the  election  of 
Trustees  of  the  Public  School  of  the  city  of  Frankfort, 
there  shall  be  elected  six  Trustees  of  said  school  instead 
of  three,  as  now  provided  by  law,  to  be  selected  as  fol- 
lows: On  said  days  an  election  shall  be  held  in  each 
ward  of  said  city  by  the  voters  of  the  ward  liavingthe 
qual-ifications  to  vote  for  Representative,  to  be  con- 
ducted b}^  officers  for  the  election,  to  be  appointed  by 
the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  of 
two  School  Trustees  for  each  ward  in  said  city  of  Frank- 
fort, who  shall  have  the  same  qualifications  as  now  re- 
quired by  law  for  such  Trustees,  who  shall  take  the  oath 
and  execute  bond  and  perform  the  same  duties  and 
serve  for  the  same  term  as  now  prescribed  by  law  for 
said  School  Trustees. 

§ 9.  The  County  Judge  of  Franklin  county,  the 
Sheriff  of  said  county,  and  the  County  Clerk  of  said 
county,  shall  constitute  a Board  which  shall,  between 
the  first  day  of  October  and  the  first  day  of  November, 
in  each  year,  appoint  four  sober  and  discreet  citizens  in 
each  ward  in  the  city  of  Frankfort,  two  to  act  as  Judges 
of  registration,  one  as  Clerk  of  registration  in  the  wards 
for  which  tlmy  are  appointed.  No  person  shall  be 
eligible  as  Clerk  or  Judge  who  is  not  a voter  in  the 
precinct  for  which  he  is  appointed,  and  a housekeeper* 
and  when  there  are  two  distinct  political  parties,  said 
officers  of  registration  shall  be  so  selected  as  that  one 
of  the  Judges  at  each  precinct  shall  be  of  one  political 
party  and  the  other  of  the  opposing  political  party. 
They  shall  serve  for  two  years  from  the  time  of  their 
appointment,  and  each  of  them  shall  take  the  oath 
prescribed  by  section  1,  article  8,  of  the  Constitution. 


vVPl’ENDIX. 


205 


The  Sheriff  of  Franklin  county  shall,  at  least  five  days 
before  the  registration  shall  commence  for  any  city 
election,  give  each  officer  written  notice  of  his  appoint- 
ment. Should  either  of  those  appointed  fail  or  refuse 
to  act,  those  present  and  acting  are  authorized  to  aj>- 
point  others  in  their  place.  Should  the  Court,  Sheriff 
or  Clerk  fail  to  appoint,  or  should  all  the  officers  fail  to 
attend  at  the  place  of  registration  for  an  hour  after  the 
time  for  commencing  said  registration,  then  the  Sheriff, 

Judge  or  Clerk  of  tlie  county,  or  either  of  them  that 
can  be  found,  shall  appoint  the  officers  for  that  regis- 
tration. They  shall  have  the  same  powers  that  officers 
of  elections  have  to  preserve  order  at  the  polls.  There 
shall  be  prepared  bv  the  officers  of  registration  one  Registration 
registration  book  for  each  ward  in  the  city  of  Frankfort, 
in  proper  form,  with  printed  headings,  providing  a 
column  each  for  the  voter’s  name,  residence,  color,  and 
also  a column  showing  for  what  elections  said  regis- 
tration entitles  the  persons  whose  names  are  registered 
to  vote;  said  books  shall  be  so  arranged  as  that  the 
voters  may  be  registered  alphabetically.  The  books  of 
registration  shall  be  tiled  in  the  City  Clerk’s  office,  be 
duly  signed  and  certified  by  the  officers  of  registration. 

The  officers  of  registration  shall  attend  at  the  voting 
places  in  each  wai-d  in  the  city  of  Frankfort,  provided 
for  the  election  of  city  officers,  on  the  second  Monday 
in  November,  1888,  and  continue  for  three  days  in  each 
3^ear,  preceding  the  election  for  Mayor,  Board  of  Coun- 
cilmen.  Board  of  School  Trustees  and  City  Attorney, 
from  six  in  the  morning  until  seven  in  the  evening, 
and  shall  record  in  the  registration  book,  which  shall 
be  furnished,  list  of  such  qualified  voters  of  the  ward 
as  may  apply  for  registration:  Provided,  That  when  two 
or  more  elections  occur  in  an}"  one  year  for  the  same 
officers  herein,  but  one  registration  shall  be  made,  and 


20G 


APPENDIX. 


But  one  rej^is- 
tratloii  lii  one 
year. 


Duty  of  clerk 
of  registration. 


tlie  list  SO  made  shall  be  the  voters  for  all  such  city 
election  for  such  city  officers  as  are  herein  named. 
Said  list  of  voters  shall  he  made  in  alphabetical  order, 
showing  tlie  name  of  the  person  registered,  the  name 
of  the  street  or  alley  of  residence,  or  number  of  the 
house  or  tenement  in  which  he  lives,  and  whether  he 
be  white  or  colored.  No  person  shall  be  registered  who 
does  not  personally  appear  before  the  officers  of  regis- 
tration; and  if  he  be  not  personally  known  to  the  offi- 
cers, or  if  any  bystander  shall  demand  it,  he  shall  be 
sworn  by  one  of  the  officers  and  interrogated  b}^  him, 
or  by  such  bystander,  touching  his  qualifications  to 
vote,  as  provided  under  this  act.  Every  person  shall 
be  entitled  to  be  registered  who  is  entitled  to  vote  for 
Representatives  in  the  General  Assembly,  as  provided 
in  the  Constitution  of  Kentuck^v  An  alien,  possess- 
ing all  the  qualifications  of  a voter  except  citizenship, 
shall  be  entitled  to  be  registered,  but  the  Clerk  shall 
write  under  the  head  of  ^‘remarks,”  opposite  his  name, 
“not  naturalized,”  and  such  alien  shall  not  be  entitled 
to  vote  at  an}^  election  unless  he  produce  his  naturali- 
zation papers  to  the  officers  of  election  in  due  form  of 
law.  In  making  the  registration  the  Clerk  shall  act  as 
the  recording  officer,  and  the  Judges  shall  decide  all 
questions  relating  to  the  qualifications  of  persons  offer- 
ing to  register,  except  that  in  case  of  a difference  of 
opinion  between  the  Judges  the  Clerk  shall  have  the 
casting  vote.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  to  num- 
ber consecutively  the  names  recorded  under  each  letter 
of  the  alphabet  as  they  are  taken  down,  and  at  the 
close  of  the  registration  he  shall  sign  his  name  as 
Clerk  after  the  last  name  is  recorded,  in  such  manner 
as  that  no  other  name  can  be  recorded  above  his;  and 
he  shall  also  foot  up  and  certify  the  whole  numher  of 
names  recorded  at  that  registration,  and  this  certificate 


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207 


shall  be  signed  by  all  the  oHicers  before  leaving  the 
place  of  registration,  and  in  the  presence  of  any  other 
person  who  may  witness  it.  The  Clerk  shall  also  sign 
his  name  at  the  foot  of  each  page.  On  the  day  follow- 
ing the  Clerk  of  each  ward  shall  deliver  said  books  into 
the  hands  of  the  City  Clerk,  and  take  his  receipt  there- 
for. It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Clerk  to  keep  said 
books  safely  in  his  office,  and  not  to  siitfer  the  same  to 
be  taken  ’therefrom.  The  Clerk,  shall  immediately 
make  a list  of  the  voters  of  each  ward  from  said  regis- 
tration books,  and  have  the  same  published  in  at  least 
two  newspapers  published  in  said  city  of  Frankfort, 
previous  to  said  election.  Any  person  who  shall  cause 
himself  to  be  registered  in  more  than  one  election 
ward,  or  more  than  once  in  the  same  ward,  of  shall 
cause  himself  to  be  registered,  knowing  himself  that  he 
is  not  entitled  to  registration,  and  any  person  who  shall 
aid  and  abet  in  the  commission  of  said  acts,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  shall,  on  convic- 
tion, be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  hundred 
dollars,  and  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not  more 
than  one  year,  or  both.  Any  officer  of  registration  or 
other  person  who  shall  unlawfully  alter  any  registra- 
tion book,  or  add  any  name  thereto,  or  shall  willfully  se- 
crete, suppress  or  destroy  aii}^  such  book,  or  shall  make 
or  aid  in  making,  any  false  or  fraudulent  registration 
hook,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a felony,  and,  on  con- 
viction, shall  be  confined  in  the  penitentiary  for  not 
less  than  one  nor  more  than  five  years,  and  shall  for- 
feit any  office  he  then  holds,  and  shall  forever  be  dis- 
qualified from  holding  any  office.  Any  person  who 
shall  willfully  make  any  false  statement,  under  an  oath, 
administered  by  the  officers  of  registration,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  perjury,  and,  upon  conviction,  shall 
be  confined  in  the  penitentiary  not  less  than  one  nor 


Punishment  for 
false  or  double 
registration. 


Punishment  of 
officer  for  alter- 
ing registration 
book. 


208 


APPENDIX. 


more  tlDUi  five  years.  Any  person  who,  by  himself,  or 
in  aid  of  others,  sliall  forcibly  break  up,  or  attempt  to 
break  up,  a registration  held  under  this  act,  or  shall  for- 
cibly prevent  or  attempt  to  prevent,  any  person  from 
approaching  or  entering  a place  of  registration  for  the 
purpose  of  registering,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  one 
hundred  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars.  No  wit- 
nesses shall  be  excused  from  testifying  before  any 
grand  jury,  or  in  any  prosecution  or  indictment  under 
this  act,  on  the  ground  that  his  testimony  will  crimi- 
nate himself;  but  no  such  testimony  shall  be  used 
against  him,  except  for  perjury,  in  giving  the  same. 
The  cost  of  the  registration  books  and  expenses  of  the 
registration  under  this  act  shall  be  paid  by  the  city  of 
Frankfort,  and  the  registration  officers  shall  receive  for 
their  services  three  dollars  each  per  day. 

§ 10.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 

§ 11.  This  act  to  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  April  30,  1888. 


Hlectiaii  of  Mayor,  &c. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act,  entitled  “An  act  to  provide  for  the 
election,  and,  in  part,  define  the  duties  of  a Mayor,  Board  of 
Councilmen  and  School  Trustees  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and 
to  provide  for  the  establishment  of  a Board  of  Commissioners 
to  control  the  Police  and  Fire  Departments  thereof,  and  to  de- 
fine their  duties,”  approved  April  30,  1888. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky: 

% 1.  That  the  title  of  the  act,  to  which  this  is  an 
amendment,  be  amended  to  read  as  follows,  namely: 
‘'An  act  to  amend  the  Charter  of  the  city  of  Frankfort, 
so  as  to  provide  for  the  election,  and,  in  part  to  define 
the  duties  of  a Mayor,  Board  of  Councilmen  and  School 
Trustees  of  the  city  of  Frankfort,  and  to  provide  for 


APl’ICNDIX. 


209 


the  establishment  of  a Board  of  Commissioners  to  con- 
trol the  Police  and  Fire  Departments  thereof,  and  to 
define  their  duties.” 

§ 2.  In  addition  to  the  qualifications  required  in  sec- 
tions 1 and  4,  the  said  voters  for  Mayor,  Board  of 
Couiicilrneii  and  School  Trustees,  shall  be  registered 
as  provided  in  said  act  to  which  this  act  is  an  amend- 
ment. 

§ 3.  Amend  section  9 of  said  act  by  striking  out  the 
word  ‘Tour”  after  the  word  “appoint,”  and  before  the 
word  “sober,”  and  insert  in  lieu  thereof  the  word 
“three.” 

§ 4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  May  4,  1888, 


Extending  City  Eimits. 

AN  ACT  to  extend  and  better  define  the  limits  of  the  city  of 

Frankfort. 


Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth  of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Frankfort 
be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  extended  and  defined  by 
metes  and  bounds  as  follows,  to-wit:  Beginning  at  “A,” 
tlie  point  of  land  above  Benson  creek  at  its  mouth; 
thence  across  the  river  south  sixty-three  and  one-fourth 
east  twenty-five  poles  to  the  east  bank  of  the  river  at 
low  water  mark,  at  “One;”  thence  down  the  east  bank 
at  low  water  mark  north  thirty-six  east  one  hundred 
and  ninety-four  and  seventy-two  one-hundredth  poles  to 
“Two,”  a point  opposite  a three-pronged  elm  tree  on 
the  bank;  thence  south  fifty-eight  and  three-fourths 
east  forty  and  four  one  hundredths  poles  to  “Three,”  the 
south-west  corner  of  J.  A.  Murray,  on  the  east  side  of 


the  Lewis  Ferry  turnpike;  thence  south  seventy-three 
and  three-fourths  east  one  hundred  and  forty-seven  and 

15 


« 


210 


APPENDIX. 


two  one  hundredths  poles  to  “Four,”  a stake  on  the 
hill  near  the  Owenton  turnpike  road;  thence  south 
fifty-seven  and  three-fourths  east  thirty-two  poles  to  the 
Owenton  pike;  same  course  one  hundred  and  seven  and 
sixty-six  one  hundredths  poles  to  the  Midland  Rail- 
road; same  course  continued  in  all  one  hundred  and 
thirty  poles  to  “Five,”  the  coal-house  of  the  Colored 
Normal  School;  thence  south  seven  west  ninety-three 
.and  five  one  hundredths  poles  to  “Six,”  John  L.  Scott’s 
-corner  on  the  south  side  of  the  Frankfort  and  Versailles 
turnpike  road;  thence  south  thirty-one  west  one 
hundred  and  fifty-nine  poles  to  “Seven,”  the  south-east 
■corner  of  the  cemetery;  thence  with  south  side  of  the 
cemetery  south  sixty  and  a half  west  forty  poles  to 
“Eight;”  south  sixty-nino  and  a half  west  thirty-two 
and  a half  poles  to  the  river;  same  course  across  the 
river  sixty-one  and  forty-five  one  hundredths  poles  to 
'“Nine;”  thence  up  the  river  on  the  west  side,  at  low 
water  mark,  south  thirty-five  and  a half  west  eighty- 
one  and  five  one  hundredths  poles  to  “Ten,”  south 
twenty-seven  and  a half  west  sixty  and  four  one  hun- 
dredths poles  to  “Eleven,”  a point  at  low  water  mark, 
and  one  hundred  and  forty-six  feet  below  the  pump- 
house of  the  water-works;  thence  up  the  hill  north 
seventy-seven  and  three-fourths  w^est  seventy-five  poles 
to  “Twelve,”  the  elbow  of  the  old  Louisville  road,  the 
extension  of  Shelby  street.  South  Frankfort;  thence  up 
the  said  Louisville  road  south  seventy-four  and  three- 
fourths  west  thirty-six  poles  to  “Thirteen;”  thence 
north  seventeen  west,  reaching  the  Louisville  and 
Frankfort  turnpike  at  eighteen  poles,  continuing  down 
fhe  road  wfith  the  same  course  seventy  and  four  one 
hundredths  poles  to  “Fourteen;”  still  down  the  pike 
and  with  its  meanders  north  thirty  and  a half  west  six- 
teen poles  to  “Fifteen;”  north  sixty-nine  and  a fourth 


APPENDIX. 


211 


west  fourteen  and  a half  poles  to  ^‘Sixteen;”  north  five 
west  eleven  and  four  one  hundredths  poles  to  “Seven- 
teen;’’ north  twenty-two  and  a half  west  forty-five  and 
a half  poles  to  “Eighteen,”  the  culvert  at  the  west  end 
of  Cross  street,  South  Frankfort;  thence  north  eighteen 
west  forty-two  poles  to  “Nineteen,”  at  the  dirt  road  up 
the  hill,  known  as  the  Major  road;  thence  down  the 
same  north  thirty-four  and  a fourth  west  twenty-four 
poles  to  “Twenty;”  north  twenty-two  and  a half  west 
twenty-eight  and  a half  poles  to  “Twenty-one,”  the  in- 
tersection of  this  road  with  the  Frankfort  boulevard; 
thence  down. said  boulevard  north  twent}^  three  west 
thirty-six  poles  to  “Twenty-two,”  the  north  end  of  the 
iron  bridge  over  the  Devil’s  Hollow  branch;  north  two’ 
east  twenty-four  poles  to  “Twenty-three;”  north  eleven’ 
east  twenty-six  poles  to  “Twenty-four;”  north  twenty- 
three  and  a half  east  sixteen  and  five  one  hundredths- 
poles  to  “Twenty-five;”  north  thirty-nine  and  a half 
east  forty  poles  to  the  railroad,  same  course  continued 
sixty-two  poles  to  “A,”  the  beginning:  Provided,  however, 
That  any  land  brought  within  the  limits  of  said- city  by 
said  extended  boundary,  which  are  used  strictly  for  ag- 
ricultural purposes,  shall  not  be  taxed  for  municipal 
purposes  until  the  same  shall  be  improved,  built  upon 
or  used  for  city  purposes. 

§ 2.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are- 
hereby  repealed. 

§ 3.  This  act  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 


Approved  April  22,  1890- 


212 


APPEMlIX. 


St.  Clnir  Street  Uriel fre. 

AN  ACT  concerning  the  St.  Clair  street  bridge,  in  Frankfort, 

Ky. 

Whereas,  the  present  bridge  structure  across  the 
Kentucky  river,  from  tlie  south  end  of  St.  Clair  street 
to  the  north  end  of  Bridge  street,  and  known  as  the  St. 
Clair  street  bridge,  together  with  all  the  franchises, 
privileges  and  immunities  thereof,  is  owned  jointly  b}^ 
the  Board  of  Councilmeii  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  and 
Franklin  county;  Board  of  Councilmeii  of  city  of 
Frankfort  owning  two-thirds  and  the  county  of  Frank- 
lin one-third  thereof ; and  whereas,  by  virtue  of  a 
written  agreement  between  the  Board  of  Councilmen 
of  the  cih"  of  Frankfort  and  the  county  of  Franklin, 
each  is  bound  for  all  the  costs  and  expenses  in  caring 
for,  insuring,  maintaining,  repairing  and  conducting 
same,  including  the  pillars,  abutments  and  approaches, 
in  proportion  as  one-tbird  is  to  two-tbirds;  and  each  in 
like  manner  is  to  contribute  in  that  proportion  towards 
all  damages  from  accident  or  otherwise  which  may,  in 
any  way  hereafter,  be  sustained,  and  each  is  to  con- 
tribute in  that  proportion  towards  replacing  the  said 
bridge  in  the  event  the  present  structure  shall,  at  an}^ 
time,  be  in  part  or  in  whole  destro}md  by  fire  or  other- 
wise, or  shall  be  abandoned  with  a view  of  erecting  a 
different  structure  in  the  room  and  stead  thereof.  Now, 
therefore,  that  it  may  become  necessary  in  the  future 
to  build  a new  bridge  in  the  place  and  stead  of  the 
present  St.  Clair  street  bridge  structure. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  and  the  county  of  Franklin  be,  and  they  are 
hereby,  authorized  and  empowered  to  jointly  construct 
a new  bridge  across  the  Kentucky  river,  from  the  south 


APPENDIX. 


213 


-end  of  St.  Clair  street  to  the  Nortli  end  of  Bridge  street 
in  South  Frankfort;  Board  of  Councilinen  of  the  city 
of  Frankfort  to  pay  two-thirds  of  the  costs  of  con- 
structing said  bridge  and  the  county  of  Franklin  one 
third,  and  same,  when  completed,  to  be  paid  for,  held 
and  owned  by  the  county  of  Franklin  and  city  of 
Frankfort  in  the  j)roportion  of  one-third  to  two-thirds, 
just  as  the  present  bridge  structure  is  held  and  owned, 
and  be  governed  and  controlled  upon  the  same  terms 
and  conditions  in  every  respect  as  the  present  bridge 
structure  is  governed;  said  bridge  shall  be  of  sufficient 
height  above  low  water  mark,  and  the  piers  of  the  same 
be  so  located,  as  not  to  unreasonably  interfere  with  the 
free  and  unobstructed  navigation  of  said  river,  and 
shall  be  so  constructed  as  to  furnish  free  and  safe  pas- 
sage for  vehicles  and  foot  passengers  over  same,  and  be 
provided  with  a double  roadway  for  each,  and,  when 
completed,  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  police  authority 
and  under  the  same  general  supervision  and  con- 
trol of  the  City  Council,  as  to  responsibility  for  con' 
dition  and  repairs  to  same,  as  applies  to  the  streets  of 
the  city. 

§ 2.  In  order  to  provide  funds  necessary  to  build  said 
bridge  the  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  Frankfort 
is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  issue  its  coupon 
bonds  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  thousand  dollars 
in  the  aggregate,  and  the  county  of  F ranklin  is  hereby  au- 
thorized and  empowered  to  issue  its  coupon  bonds  in  any 
sum  not  exceeding  twenty-five  thousand  dollars;  the 
bonds  of  the  cit}^  of  Frankfort  and  county  of  Franklin  to 
run  for  a period  not  exceeding  thirty  years,  but  redeema- 
ble at  the  option  of  each,  respectively,  after  ten  years  from 
date.  Bonds  of  the  city  of  Frankfort  and  interest  on 
same  to  be  payable  at  such  place  as  may  be  fixed  by 
Ordinance,  bearing  interest  not  exceeding  six  per  cent. 


Fifty  thousand 
dollars  in  bonds 
may  be  issued. 


214 


APPENDIX. 


per  nniuim,  payable  semi-animally,  and  to  be  in  de- 
nominations of  not  less  than  five  bundred  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  and  shall  be  issued  by 
order  of  the  Board  of  Councilnien  at  a regular  meeting 
of  said'  Board  and  register  of  such  issue  made  on  its 
journal;  and  said  bonds  shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor 
and  countersigned  by  the  City  Clerk  and  bear  the  seal 
of  the  city;  and  the  coupons  shall  be  signed  by  the 
Clerk  alone,  and  may  be  disposed  of  by  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  upon  such  terms  and  in  such  manner  as 
may  be  deemed  best  by  tlie  Board  of  Councilmen,  but 
not  below  the  par  value  thereof.  And  the  bonds  of 
Franklin  county  and  interest  on  same  to  be  payable  at 
such  place  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  County  Court,  and 
bear  interest  not  exceeding  six  per  centum  per  annum, 
pa'yable  semi-annually,  and  to  be  in  denominations  of 
not  less  than  five  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
thousand  dollars;  said  bonds  shall  be  issued  by  order  of 
the  County  Court,  a majority  of  the  Magistrates  of  the 
county  being  present  and  concurring  therein,  and  shall  be 
signed  by  the  County  Judge,  and  countersigned  by  the 
County  Clerk,  and  shall  bear  the  seal  of  the  county; 
and  the  coupons  shall  be  signed  by  the  County  Clerk 
alone;  and  said  bonds  may  be  disposed  of  by  order  of 
the  County  Court  upon  such  terms  and  in  such  man- 
ner as  a majority  of  the  Court  may  deem  best,  and 
not  to  be  sold  below  the  par  value  thereof;  and  when 
said  bonds,  or  any  of  them,  shall  be  issued,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  said  Board  of  Councilmen  and  County 
Court  to  levy  the  necessary  taxes  to  raise  the  necessary 
moneys  to  pay  the  nccruing  interest,  and  when  the  same 
shall  fall  due,  the  principal  of  said  bonds;  the  Board 
of  Councilmen  to  make  provision  for  the  payment  of 
the  interest  and  principal  of  the  city  bonds;  and  the 


APl’KNDIX. 


215 


County  Court  to  make  provision  for  the  payment  of 
the  interest  and  principal  of  the' county  bonds. 

§ 3.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 

§ 4.  This  act  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage.  ' 

Approved  April  22,  1890. 


Bonds  to  Covei'  Bottery  Biind^ 

AN  ACT  for  the  benefit  of  the  city  of  Frankfort. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky: 

§ 1.  That  the  Board  of  Couucilnien  of  the  city  of 
Frankfort  be,  and  it  is  hereby,  authorized  and  empow- 
ered to  issue  its  coupon  bonds  in  tlie  sura  of  ten  thou- 
sand dollars,  bearing  six  per  cent,  per  ammm  interest, 
payable  semi-annually,  be  especially  registered  as 
issued,  and  said  bonds,  when  issued,  shall  be  delivered 
to  and  received  by  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners 
of  the  city  of  Frankfort  in  payment  of  that  amount 
(ten  thousand  dollars)  due  from  said  city  for  the  funds 
collected  by  it  from  the  lottery  franchise  ; and  said 
bonds,  when  so  issueii,  to  be  delivered  to  the  Board  or 
Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  of  said  city  for  safe 
keeping,  and  be  held  b}^  them  as  an  investment  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Frankfort  Public  School;  said  bonds  to 
run  for  a period  not  exceeding  thirty  years,  but  re- 
deemable at  the  option  of  the  city;  but  the  interest 
thereon  shall  be  promptly  paid  for  the  use  and  benefit 
of  said  school;  bonds  to  be  payable  at  such  place  as 
may  be  fixed  by  Ordinance,  and  shall  be  issued  by 
order  of  the  Board  of  Councilmen,  at  a regular  meeting 
of  said  Board,  in  denominations  of  not  less  than  five 
hundred  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  thousand  dol- 


May  issue  ten 
thousand  dol- 
lars in  bonds 
and  place  with 
Sinking  Fund 
Commiss  loners 
in  payment  of 
amount  due 
school  lottery 
fund. 


216 


APPENDIX. 


lars,  bo  signed  by  the  Mayor,  and  countersigned 
by  the  City  Clerk,  a*nd  bear  the  seal  of  the  city, 
and  the  coupons  shall  be  signed  by  the  Clerk  alone; 
and  when  said  bonds  are  issued  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
said  Board  of  Councilraen  to  levy  the  necessary  taxes 
and  to  raise  the  necessary  moneys  to  pay  the  accruing 
interest,  and,  when  the  same  shall  fall  due,  the  princi- 
pal of  said  bonds. 

§ 2.  This  act  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 


Approved  May  22,  1890, 


INDEX  TO  CITY  CHARTER  OF  1869. 


AUCTIONEERS—  page. 

Power  of  Board  to  tax  134 

BONDS— 

Board  may  fund  debt  and  issue  bonds 136 

Or  execute  notes  of  city 137 

Provide  for  payment  by  tax 137 

Action  on  officers’  bonds 138 

BURYING  GROUND— 

Board  may  purchase 131 

CHAIN  GANG— 

Board  may  organize  132 

CITY  ATTORNEY— 

When  elected  (act  of  April  27,  1880) 148 

His  duties  and  compensation 148 

CLERK— 

Oath  and  bond  of 140 

His  duties 140-141 

To  pay  State  tax  to  Auditor,  &c 135 

To  keep  journal  of  proceedings 141 

To  preserve  poll-book ...  141 

To  record  orders  of  Board  and  assessment  of  property 141 

His  bond  to  be  kept  by  Treasurer 141 

CHIMNEY  FLUES— 

Power  of  Board  to  regulate 128 

COFFEE-HOUSES— 

Power  of  Board  to  tax 134 

CORPORATE  NAME— 

Name  of  corporation 124 

Use  seal,  &c 124 

CORPORATE  LIMITS— 

Amended  by  act  April  22,  1890  124 

COSTS— 

When  city  liable  for 


148 


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INDEX  TO  CITY  CHARTER  OF  1 869. 


COUNCILMEN—  page. 

Number  and  qualifications  of  (amended,  page  201) 124 

Style  of  incorporation  ...  ; 124. 

When  elected  (amended,  page  201) 125 

Qualification  of  voters  (amended,  page  201) 125 

Oath 125 

Term  of  office  (amended,  page  201) 125 

May  fill  vacancy 125 

Mayor,  how  chosen  and  duties  (amended  by  act  April  30,  1888,  page  198).  125 
Election  of  Councilmen,  how  (amended  by  act  April  30,  1888,  page  201)  . 125 

Vacancy  in  Board,  how  filled 126 

Time  of  meeting 126 

Penalty  for  failure  to  attend 126 

Board  may  hold  real  estate 126 

May  lease,  sell  and  convey  real  estate  126 

Sale  of,  how  made  126 

Title  to  streets,  &c.,.in  board 127 

Can  sue  for  trespass  and  injury  to  ...  127 

Jury  shall  not  be  limited 128 

May  clear  streets  and  alleys  of  obstructions 128 

To  sink  cisterns,  &c . . 128 

To  protect  public  ground 128 

To  abate  nuisances 128 

To  regulate  storage  of  combustibles,  <fcc  128 

To  regulate  chimney  flues,  &c.  » « 128 

To  cause  property-holders  to  clean  streets 129 

Penalty  for  enforcing  same 129 

How  recovered 129 

May  have  city  and  grounds  ornamented 129 

May  require  property-holders  to  construct  or  repair  streets,  &c  . . . . 130 

How  same  is  enforced 130 

Costs  a tax  on  lots  130 

Collected  as  other  taxes 

Notice,  &c " 130 

Publication  of  notice,  how  proven 131 

May  purchase  burying  ground 131 

May  erect  public  school  buildings ' 131 

May  establish  fire  department 131 

May  require  citizens  to  do  fire  duty . 132 

May  provide  for  chain  gang 132 

May  assess  annual  tax  . » 132 

What  property  taxable  . 133 

Poll-tax CO ....  133 

Assessment,  how  made 133 


INDEX  TO  CITY  CH.ARTER  OF  1869.  219 

COUNCILMEN — Continued.  page. 

May  tax  shows,  peddlers  &c.,  (amended  by  act  April  9, 1886,  pages  195-196),  133 

Exceptions 134 

May  tax  drays,  &c 134 

Lien  on  property  till  tax  paid 134 

May  classify  and  tax  stores,  &c  134-182 

Goods  in,  not  included  in  Assessor’s  list 134 

Exclusive  right  to  license  coffee-houses,  &c 134 

May  add  10  per  cent,  to  taxes  if  not  paid  in  specified  time 135 

May  cause  State  tax  to  be  paid 135 

May  appoint  AVeigher  and  Measurer o 135 

^May  provide  for  inspector  of  shingles  and  oils 136 

May  prescribe  penalties 136 

May  create  Sinking  Fund,  &c 13& 

May  levy  tax  for  same  136 

May  invest  money  of  said  fund 136 

May  fund  debt  and  issue  bonds 136 

May  execute  notes  of  city 137 

Payment  of  bonds  and  notes  to  be  provided  for  by  tax 137 

May  appoint  officers,  &c 137 

Official  bonds  to  be  lien  on  property  of  officers  and  their  sureties  ....  138 

Action  on  bonds 138 

May  remove  officers  and  fill  vacancies 138 

Possess  all  powers  granted  by  general  laws  . 138 

Power  to  pass  all  laws,  &c.,  necessary  for  city 139 

May  enforce  sa)ne  by  adequate  penalties 139 

Lottery  provision I39 

To  continue  until  successors  qualified 139 

Where  sued 139 

Process  served  on  Mayor 139 

May  appoint  Treasurer 139 

May  fix  penalty  for  injury  to  gas  and  water  works 149 

DEBT— 

Board  may  fund  debt  and  issue  bonds 136 

DRAYS— 

Power  Of  Board  to  tax 134 

GAS  AND  WATER-WORKS— 

Penalty  for  injury  to 149 

JAIL— 

May  be  used  as  a watch-house 151 

LICENSES— 

Shows,  peddlers,  &c 195-196-134 

Drays,  carts.  See.  (amended,  pages  195-196) 134 

Coffee-houses,  <fec 134 

County  Court’s  authority  repealed 135 


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INDEX  TO  CITY  CHARTER  OF  1 869. 


LIVERY  STABLES,  &C.—  page. 

Power  of  Board  to  tax 134 

LOTTERY— 

Provision  in  regard  to 139 

MARSHAL— 

When  and  how  elected  (see  City  of  Owensboro  v.  Webb) 141 

Oath  and  bond  of 142 

May  collect  city  taxes 142 

May  serve  notices,  &c 142 

Shall  serve  all  orders  of  Board 142 

May  have  deputy 142 

Fees  of 142 

Fees  of  against  State . . . 143 

Subject  to  same  penalties  as  sheriffs,  &c 143 

When  motion  against  must  be  made 143 

To  sell  real  estate  for  taxes  (amended  by  act  April  24,  1882,  page  190).  . 144 

How  advertised,  real  estate 144 

Advertisements  to  be  filed  in  County  Clerk’s  office 144 

Advertisements  to  be  recorded 144 

Shall  be  prima  facie  evidence 144 

Sales  to  be  at  Court-house  door • . . . . 145 

Redemption  of  property 145 

MECHANICS’  LIEN- 

How  enforced . 151 

Sec.  5,  art.  3,  chap.  26,  Rev.  Stat.,  applied 151 

NUISANCES— 

Power  of  Board  to  abate 128 

OFFICERS— 

Board  may  appoint  and  prescribe  duties 137 

Effect  of  official  bond 138 

Action  on  bond : 138 

Board  may  remove  at  pleasure 138 

ORDINANCES— 

Council  to  pass  all  necessary 139 

PEDDLERS— 

Power  of  Board  to  tax  (amended,  pages  195-196) 134 

PENALTIES— 

In  regard  to  cleaning  streets 129 

Defacing  or  injuring  property 129 

POLICE  JUDGE— 

When  elected  (see  act  of  Feb.  3,  1876,  page  162;  city  of  Owensboro  v. 

Webb,  Bush  Reports) 145 

Jurisdiction  of 128-145-162 

Commission  and  oath 145 


INDEX  TO  CITV  CHARTER  OF  1 869.  221 

POLICE  JUDGE — Continued.  page. 

Criminal  and  civil  jurisdiction 146 

When  jury  shall  be  required  by 146 

Powers  and  duties  of 147 

When  jurisdiction  concurrent  with  other  courts 147 

How  process  issued • 147 

When  city  liable  for  costs.  148 

Fees  of 148 

POLL-TAX— 

Council  may  levy 133 

PROCESS— 

To  be  served  on  Mayor 139 

REAL  ESTATE— 

Purchase  and  sale  of 126 

How  sale  effected 126 

How  sold  for  taxes 144 

SCHOOLS— 

Board  may  purchase  grounds,  &c 154 

Property  exempt  from  taxation 154 

SCHOOL  TRUSTEES— 

When  elected,  &c.  (act  April  30,  1888,  page  204) 152 

School  Fund 152 

Separate  accounts  of,  &c 152 

To  be  kept  separate  by  officer 152 

What  money  shall  compose  fund 153 

Board  to  levy  and  collect  tax . . • 153 

Trustees  may  organize,  &c 153 

Trustees  may  appoint  examiners 153 

Trustees  may  fix  salaries,  &c 153 

To  direct  disbursement  of  funds 153 

Proviso  . . . 153-154 

To  make  semi-annual  reports 154 

Vacancies  filled  by 154 

Resignation  of 154 

Powers  of,  as  to  finances 154 

Schools  to  be  free,  &c • 154 

Board  may  provide  buildings,  &c 154 

School  property  not  liable  for  debts  of  city  or  to  taxation 154 

Property  of  negroes  exempt  from  tax 155 

SHOWS— 

Power  of  Board  to  tax  134 

SIDEWALKS— 

Property-holders  to  construct  or  repair 130 

How  order  enforced ISO 


222 


INDEX  TO  CITY  CHARTER  OF  1 869. 


SIDEWALKS — Continued.  page. 

Cost  of,  to  be  tax  on  lots 130 

Notice  to  be  given . . 130 

How  notice  proved . . . 131 

SINKING  FUND— 

Board  may  create 136 

STORES— 

Power  of  Board  to  tax 134 

STREETS— 

Title,  whom  in 127 

Cleaning  of 128 

Penalty 128 

TAXES— 

Board  may  assess 132 

What  property  subject  to 133 

Poll-tax 133 

Assessment,  how  made 133 

May  tax  shows,  peddlers,  &c 134 

Exceptions 134 

Lien  on  property  for  taxes 134 

Goods  in  stores  not  to  be  valued  by  Assessor 134 

May  tax  coffee-houses,  &c 134 

State  tax  . . . . 13.5 

Board  may  add  ten  per  cent 135 

Sinking  Fund  tax • 136 

Taxes  to  pay  bonds,  &c 137 

Marshal  may  collect 142 

How  collected 142 

Redemption  of  property 145 

School  tax 153 

School  property  exempt  154 

TREASURER— 

Oath  and  bond  of 139 

His  duties 140 

Board  may  provide  in  vacancy 140 

WEIGHER  AND  MEASURER— 

Board  may  appoint,  &c 135 

WORK-HOUSE— 

Authority  to  establish 132 

County  jail  may  be  used,  &e 151 

Jailer  to  receive  prisoners,  how 151 

Work  out  fine,  &c 132 


INDEX  TO  LEGISLATIVE  ACTS. 


BONDS—  ' PAGE. 

Act  authorizing  extension  of  time  for  payment 161 

Act  authorizing  $35,000  for  water-works 174 

Act  authorizing  bonds  for  benefit  of  colored  schools 190 

Act  authorizing  bonds  for  school  buildings 194 

Act  for  *feewers  (act  of  May  18,  1886) 197 

Act  authorizing  bonds  in  $50,000  for  new  bridge 212 

Act  authorizing  $10,000  bonds  to  cover  Lottery  Fund 215 

BRIDGE— 

Act  authorizing  purchase  of 

Stock  to  be  purchased ‘ 170 

Bonds  to  be  issued  

Sinking  Fund,  &c 

Act  authorizing  $50,000  in  bonds  as  to  St.  Clair  street  bridge 212 

BUSINESS  HOUSES  — 

Act  classifying  same 182 

Amount  of  tax  limited 183 

CITY  LIMITS— 

Act  extending  (amended  by  act  of  April  22,  1890,  page  209) 185 

Act  of  April  22,  1890  209 

CLERK— 

Fees  on  State  licenses  collected I94 

Duty  of  Clerk  in  regard  to  registration 206 

COAL— 

Act  in  regard  to  retailing  of 158 

Amount  of  tax  for  privilege 

COLORED  SCHOOL— 

Act  establishing 181 

Fund  for  support 182 

Colored  Trustees 

COUNCIL— 

Act  authorizing  purchase  and  disposal  of  real  estate 157 


224 


INDEX  TO  LEGISLATIVE  ACTS. 


COUNCILMEN— 

An  act  in  relation  to  election,  &c.  (amended  by  act  of  April  30,  1888)  . . 183 

Power  to  appoint  Tax  Collector 189 

An  act  to  provide  for  election  of  Councilmen,  &c 198 

Election  of  (act  of  April  30,  1888) 201 

Oath  of 202 

Qualification  of  voters  for  (amended  by  act  of  April  30,  1888,  page  201)  . 178 

See  section  4,  act  of  April  30,  1888  201-202 

COUNTV  JUDGE— 

Duty  of  as  to  election,  under  act  of  April  30,  1888  204 

DEBT  OF  CITY— 

Act  authorizing  Council  to  borrow  money  to  pay 161 

Act  to  fund  floating  debt  of 186 

To  issue  bonds  in  sum  of  $70,000  186 

$35,000  bonds  to  pay  Lottery  Fund 187 

Sinking  Fund,  under 187 

Amount  to  go  to  Sinking  Fund 187 

Who  constitute  Board  ...  . 188 

ELECTIONS— 

Councilmen 198 

Mayor 208 

School  Trustees  (act  of  April  30,  1888,  page  208) 198 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT— 

Chief  to  be  appointed  by  Mayor 202 

Duties  of  Chief . 202 

Members  of,  how  chosen  and  by  whom 201 

FRANKFORT— 

Act  consolidating  North  and  South  Frankfort 177 

City  laid  off  into  three  wards 178 

Board  of  nine  Councilmen  (amended  by  act  of  April  7,  1882,  page  183)  . 178 
Qualification  of  voters  (amended  by  act  of  April  30,  1888,  page  201,  sec- 
tion 4) 178 

Right  to  purchase  land  for  U.  S.  Court-room 179 

HOG  LAW— 

Act  authorizing  Council  to  pass  ordinance 165 

JAIL— 

Act  of  1865,  authorizing  county  jail  to  be  used  as  watch-house 173 

DuMes  of  Jailer  under 173 

LICENSES— 

Act  of  April  9,  1886,  making  sections  of  Owensboro  charter  apply  to 

Frankfort 195 

Sections  referred  to 106 

LOTTERY— 

Act  authorizing  $10,000  in  bonds 215 


INDEX  TO  LEGISLATIVE  ACTS.  225 

MARSHAL—  PAGE. 

Act  of  1844,  in  regard  to 169 

Motions  against,  <fec 170 

Liability  of  as  to  executions,  &c 170 

Council  to  define  duties  of 188 

MAYOR— 

Election  and  duties  (act  of  April  30,  1888) 198-199 

Oath  of 202 

Election  of 208 

Act  of  April  30,  1888,  amended 208 

Shall  not  be  interested  in  any  contract 199 

Term  of  office ; 199 

Salary . . 199 

Supervision  of  officers  . • 199 

To  be  head  of  police 199  . 

See  sections  1,  2 and  3 of  act  of  April  30,  1888  199 

POLICE  JUDGE— 

Act  fixing  jurisdiction  of 162 

Jury  may  assess  fine  of  foOO 163 

Power  to  fine  and  imprison  for  contempt 164 

May  take  depositions 164 

Civil  jurisdiction  of 169 

Act  of  1844  169 

POLICE  COMMISSIONERS— 

Manner  of  election 201 

Duties  of,  term  of  office,  &c 201 

PUBLIC  PROPERTY— 

Act  of  1863,  in  regard  to 171 

Injury  to  on  public  square 171 

Penalty  172 

Jurisdiction,  as  to 172 

Act  authorizing  condemnation,  <fec 193 

REGISTRATION— 

Books  for  (act  of  April  30,  1888) 205 

Doty  of  Clerk  in  regard  to 206 

Punishment  for  false  or  double 207 

Punishment  of  officers  for  altering  book 207 

Duties  of  Sheriff,  as  to 205 

REAL  ESTATE— 

Power  of  Council  to  purchase  and  sell 157 

SEWERS— 

Act  authorizing  bonds  for 197 

SCHOOL  FUND— 

An  act  to  create  a separate  fund  for . • ....  156 

How  fund  separated  156 

17 


226 


INDEX  TO  legislative:  acts. 


SCHOOL  TRUSTEES—  page. 

-Election  of  (araended'by  act  of  April  80,  1888,  section  8,  page  204)  . . . 157 

Term  of  office 157 

As  to  colored  Trustees ’ 182 

Election  of  (act  of  April  30,  1888,  section  7)  . 204 

SCHOOLS 

Act  of  1867,  in  regard  to 167 

Powers  of  Trustees 168 

School  buildings  may  be  erected 168 

Act  authorizing  establishment  of  colored  public  school 181 

Fund  for  support  of 182 

Colored  Trustees 182 

Act  authorizing  issual  of  bonds  for  colored  public  (act  of  1884).  ....  190 

Act  authorizing  $15,000  bonds  for  buildings 194 

SHERIFF— 

Duties  of,  under  act  of  April  30,  1888  205 

STREETS— 

Act  authorizing  processioning  of  in  South  Frankfort 159 

SINKING  FUND— 

Act  creating  fund  and  Commissioners 176 

Lottery  Sinking  Fund 187 

SUITS— 

Collection  of  taxes  by 190 

TAXES  - 

Act  of  April  24,  1882  • 190 

Collection  of  by  suit 190 

List  of  delinquents,  publication  of • . . 202 

Amount  of  tax  limited  on  business  houses 183 

TAX  COLLECTOR— 

Power  of  Council  to  appoint  189 

WATER-WORKS— 

Act  authorizing  $35,000  in  bonds 174 

WORK-HOUSE— 

Act  as  to  discharge  of  fines,  &c.,  therein 164 

Agreement  between  city  and  county 179 

Act  of  1865,  authorizing  county  jail  to  be  used 173 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


ANIMALS-  PAGE. 

Fine  to  run  a horse,  <fec " 1 

Fine  to  show  stud,  &c 1 

Fine  to  permit  bitch  to  run  at  large 1 

Fine  for  cruelty  to  . . 2 

Fine  for  fast  riding  or  driving 2 

Fine  for  leaving  team  unhitched 2 

Fine  for  harboring  vicious  dogs 2 

Fine  for  keeping  barking  dogs 2 

Dogs  to  be  muzzled,  wnen 3 

Dogs  to  be  killed,  when 3 

ASSESSOR  AND  ASSESSMENTS— 

Oath  of 3 

When  duties  to  begin 4 

Date  of  assessment 4 

Notification  to  tax-payers 4 

Shall  report  delinquent  to  City  Attorney 4 

What  property  tax-payer  to  list 4 

Penalty  for  refusing  to  list 4 

Penalty  for  false  list  5 

Assessment  book  and  contents 5 

Number  of  children 5 

Property  sold  for  taxes,  how  assessed 5 

Oath  by  person  listing 5 

Compensation 6 

Supervisors  and  their  duties 3 

Council  to  hear  appeals  and  approve  books 6 

ATTORNEY,  CITY— 

Duty  to  prosecute  and  represent  city  in  all  civil  cases 7 

To  see  that  city  funds  are  promptly  collected 7 

Report  all  licenses  violated 7 

To  advise  officers 7 

To  prefer  charges  asrainst  officers 7 


228 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


ATTORNEY,  CITY — Continued.  page. 

Compensation 7 

To  make  semi-annual  report  of  fines  and  costs  uncollected,  and  all  other 

dues 8 

To  coerce  payment  of  claims  due  city 12 

AUCTIONEERS  AND  PEDDLERS— 

Tax  on  auctioneers  of  merchandise . 8 

Tax  on  peddlers  of  merchandise 8 

Penalty 8 

Auctioneer’s  license 9 

Penalty  for  not  taking  out  license . . 9 

BATHING— 

Fine  for  bathing  in  city  limits,  &c 2® 

BEER  SALOONS— 

License  of ’ 50 

BILLIARD  TABLES— See  Licenses. 

BONDS— 

City  officers’  bonds  to  be  kept  by  Mayor 57 

Form  of  bond ’ 58 

BRIDGE  — 

Bonds  under  act  of  April  24,  1880 93 

Penalty  for  hauling  loads  of  more  than  live  tons  over  . 94 

BUILDERS — See  Crimes  and  Punishments. 

BUILDINGS— 

Consent  of  Council  before  erection  of  wooden 37- 

Application  to  erect  to  be  published  or  personal  notice  to  owners  within 

300  feet 37 

Penalty  for  failure  to  comply  with  ordinance 88 

Declared  nuisance  if  erected  without  consent  of  Council 38 

CITY  COURT 

Prosecutions  before  Police  Judge 9 

Who  to  preside  in  City  Judge’s  absence 9 

Judge  to  report  to  Clerk  monthly 10 

How  fine  discharged '.  . . . 10 

How  prisoner  discharged 10 

Police,  &c.,  to  report  to  City  Judge 10 

CLAIMS— 

How  certified  and  audited 11 

Referred  to  committee,  when 11 

Purchase  of  supplies  to  be  advertised 12 

Dues  to  city  to  be  paid  Treasurer 12 

City  Attorney  to  coerce  payment 12 

No  witness  fees  allowed  policeman 12 

To  be  made  out  under  proper  form 12 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES, 


229 


CLERGYMEN—  page. 

Keep  record  of  marriages  performed  by  them 43 

Shall  make  monthly  reports  to  Ckrli 44 

Clerks  to  furnish  suitable  blanks 44 

Punishment  for  non-compliance 44 

CLERK— 

Oath  and  bond 12 

General  duties 13 

Duty  as  to  tax-book 13 

Monthly  settlements  with  Marshal 14 

To  keep  account  of  finances 14 

To  audit  claims  due  to  and  from  city . 14 

To  issue  warrants  for  all  moneys  payable  by  the  city  . . . 14 

To  report  ofihcers  and  debtors  to  City  Attorney 14 

To  grant  permits  for  payments  into  the  Treisury 14 

To  keep  accounts  of  receipts  and  expenditures 15 

Salary 15 

To  deduct  from  warrants  all  dues  of  the  person  owing  the  city  .....  15 

Officers  required  to  have  permits  to  pay  in  money 15 

Shall  keep  list  of  license^^ 45 

Shall  furnish  Marshal  and  police  with  list  of  licenses  eich  month  ....  46 

To  file  report  of  tax  sales  for  inspection 65 

To  supply  blank  bonds 76 

Interest  on  lottery  grant • • 85 

Paupers,  duty  as  to 86 

Sinking  Fund,  keep  separate  accounts  of 96 

To  issue  warrants  on  Sinking  Fund  not  exceeJing  $>,000 96 

Require  payment  of  State  tax,  &c 46 

CLOCK-KEEPER— 

Duties  of,  &c 11 

Compensation  of 11 

COLORED  SCHOOLS  - 

Ordinance  concerning 89 

Bonds  to  be  issued  therefor • 90 

Form  of  bond . 91 

Form  of  coupon 92 

Bonds  may  be  registered 93 

Bonds  exempt  from  city  taxes ’. 93 

Tax  paid  by  colored  citizens  for  benefit  of  colored  schools 35 

COMMITTEE  MEETINGS- 

When  held 121 

CONCEALED  WEAPONS — See  Crimes  and  Punishments. 

CONTAGIOUS  DISEASES— See  Health. 

CONSTRUCTION  OF  ORDINANCES— See  page  19. 


230 


INi:)EX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


COUNCIL  MEETINGS  page. 

Time  of  regular  meeting 1(5 

President  to  preside • . . IfJ 

President  pro  iem,^  when  . . 17 

Called  meetings 17 

City  Treasurer  and  Attorney  to  attend  all  regular  meetings 17 

Fine  of  Councilmen,  &c.,  for  absence 17 

Rules  governing  proceedings 17 

COSTS— 

To  be  paid  when  satisfied  by  labor  in  work-house 84 

CRIMES  AND  PUNISHMENTS— 

Obstruction  of  streets,  &c 18 

Steps  and  cellar  doors  on  sidewalks 18 

Window,  jut.  sign  post,  &c 18 

Wood  or  coal  on  street 18 

Open  cellar-door  or  other  obstruction  at  night 18 

Horse  or  other  animal  on  sidewalk 19 

Trash,  cinders,  filth,  offensive  matter,  &c.,  on  streets 19' 

Brick,  stone  or  lumber  on  streets,  except  as  to  builder Ht 

Building  materials  to  be  removed  when  . ^ 20 

Building  in,  on,  across  or  over  a street 20 

Wheelbarrow  on  sidewalk 20 

Bah,  bandy  or  fire  crackers  . '.  . 20 

Taking  sand,  gravel,  earth  or  s«'d  from  street 20 

Injury  to  improvements  on  streets,  &c 21 

Obstructing  streets  with  vehicles  or  by  shoeing  horses  21 

Failing  to  repair  and  clean  streets  and  sidewalks 22 

PuBEic  Peopeeiy-  Injury  to  public  property 21 

Injury  to  gas  or  watei -works,  &c 21 

Nuisances — What  constitutes 21 

Riots  and  Othee  Impeopee  Conduct-  -Riot,  rout,  fight  or  breach  of  peace,  22 

Loud  cries,  sangs,  &c 22 

Indecent  exposure  of  person,  &c 22 

Standing  stud  or  jack  without  license 22 

Shooting 22 

Carrying  concealed  deadly  weapons 22 

Selling  concealed  deadly  weapons 23 

Drunk  and  disorderly  persons 28 

Cock  fighting 24 

Gaming — Setting  up  faro  bank,  &c 24 

Permitting  gaming  on  premises 24 

Penalty  for  allowing  gaming 24 

Gaming  on  premises  without  permission 24 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES.  23  I 

CRIMES  AND  PUNISHMENTS— Coiitinued.  pagk. 

iMiKCKLLANEOUS' -Persons  not  to  congregate  at  railroad  depot 25 

Persons  without  business  not  to  get  on  cars 25 

Bathing  within  city  limits 25 

Ringing  bell  in  street , 25 

f’urnishing  gunpowder  to  minors 25 

Minors  may  be  prosecuted 26 

False  alarm  of  lire 26 

Obstructing  firemen  or  injuring  fire  apparatus 26 

Injuring  w'ater  pipes,  Arc.,  and  corrupting  water 26 

Speed  of  railroad  cars  in  city  limits 26 

Obstruction  of  crossings  by  cars 26 

Oareless  or  negligent  drivers  or  driving 26 

Vehicles,  obstruction  of  street  by 27 

Disturbing  religious  worship,  &c 27 

Hucksters  or  marketers 27 

Liquor  selling  without  license 27 

Violating  Mayor’s  proclamation  as  to  liquor  selling 28 

Vagrants  and  street  walkers 28 

Torpedoes  or  other  self  explosives 28 

Fine  going  from  small  pox  houses  into  public  or  private  places. 43 

For  selling  oil  without  inspection,  &c  ....  . 45 

For  pursuing  any  calling  without  license 51 

Penalty  for  resisting  Marshal 53 

Failing  to  assist  Marshal 53 

For  failing  to  assist  police ‘62 

For  hindering,  &c 62 

For  injury  to  public  property 63 

For  posting  bills  on  public  property 63 

For  hindering  use  of  public  pump 63 

For  constructing  sewers  without  consent 67 

For  injury  to  shade  trees.  ...  07 

For  unloading  dirt  in  the  street 74 

Excavations  in  streets 75 

Violation  of  tavern-keeper’s  bond 78 

Permitting  prisoner  to  leave  work-house  83 

Escape  from,  how  punished 83 

Misbehavior  of  prisoners 33 

Fine  for  selling,  giving  or  throwing  torpedoes 85 

Owners  of  scales 80 

Hauling  over  five  tons  on  bridge 94 

Observance  of  Sunday 75 

JDOGS 

To  be  muzzled,  when 3 

To  be  killed,  when 3 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES, 


-232 

DOGS- -Continued.  page. 

Harboring  vicious  dogs 2 

Keeping  barking  dogs 2 

DRUNKENNESS — See  Crimes  and  Punishments. 

EDUCATION - 

Fine  for  opening  private  colored  school 35^ 

Qualification  of  teachers 3.5 

Board  of  Examiners 35 

Revenue,  &c.,  of  colored  persons  set  apart  for 35 

ELECTIONS- 

City  divided  into  three  wards 

Place  of  holding  elections SS 

Election  of  officers  by  Council 3& 

ENROLLMENT  OF  ORDINANCES— 

Enrollment  of 120 

FINES- 

For  injuring  public  pump  or  well 29 

For  injuring  street  lamp  or  turning  out  light  therein 29 

False  weights,  penalties  for 29 

Regrading  and  engrossing  market  stuff 23 

Tainted  meats,  selling  of 29 

Expl(‘sives,  firing  off 30 

Shooting  at  another  without  wounding 30 

Privies  and  vaults,  construction  of 30 

Water  from  public  cistern,  taking  of 31 

Gunpowder,  &c.,  keeping  in  business  house 31 

Stock  running  at  large ' 31 

Base  ball  playing  on  Sunday 31 

Begging  on  streets 32 

Parent,  kinsman  or  guardian  of  same 32 

Cigarettes,  punishment  for  selling 32 

Swine  running  at  large.  33 

Owners  may  reclaim  same,  when  33 

Must  be  valued  before  sale 34 

Marshal  shall  keep  record  of  swine  impounded 34 

Air  guns  and  gum  slings 34 

Remission  of  fines,  how 3,^ 

Schools,  opening  of  private  colored 35 

For  violating  ordinance  as  to  lieurths,  flues,  &c 37 

Penalty  for  erecting  without  crmsent 38 

Remission  of,  to  t.o  reported  to  Judge 84 

FIRE  D E PA  RT M E N T~ 

Pay*roll  as  to 33 

Chief  to  })  re  pa  re  pay-roll 33 

Fireman,  lu)w  chosen  201 

Chief,  how  chosen 202 

Duties  of  Chief 202 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


233 


FRANKFORT  WATER  CO.--  page. 

Ordinance  relating  thereto  97-112 

FUNDING  BONDS  — 

To  complete  water-works 94 

GAS-WORKS— 

Sale  of 113 

HEALTH  AND  HEALTH  OFFICER— 


Officer,  qualifications  of 

Duties  of 

Violation  of  orders  of  officer  

Cellars,  lots  and  privies 

Failure  to  comply  with  ordinance  

Penalty  for 

Health  Officer — right  to  enter  premises  ...  

Penalty  for  resisting  officer 

Health  Officer  to  report 

Vaccinate  poor 

Treat  paupers 

Salary  of  Health  Officer 

Contagious  diseases  and  penalty 

Small-pox 

Marshal,  &c.,  to  placard  smaU-pox  houses 

Penalty  for  patients  and  others  going  from  houses  where  there  is  small- 
pox   

HEARTHS,  &C.  - 

Manner  of  construction ... 

Stoves  and  pipes 

Penalty  for  violating  ordinance 

HOG  ORDINANCE— See  page  33. 

HOUSES,  NUMBERING— 

All  to  be  numbered • • 

Consent  of  Council  before  erection  of  wooden 

Declared  nuisance  if  erected  without  consent 

Penalty  for  failure  to  comply 

INSPECTOR  OF  OILS— 

Council  shall  appoint  annually 

How  to  test  oils 

Penalty  for  selling  oil  without  inspection 

INSURANCE  AGENTS— 

See  Licenses 

KY.  M.  AND  L.  & N.  RAILROADS— 

Track,  where  to  be  placed 

Track,  how  to  be  placed  

Cars  to  be  drawn  by  horses  or  mules 

18 


39 

40 

40 

41 
41 
41 
41 

41 

42 
42 
42 
42 
42 

42 

43 

43 


37 

37 

37 


86 

37 

38 
38 

44 

45 
45 

47 

87 

87 

88 


234 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


KY.  M.  AND  L.  & N,  RAILROADS — Continued.  page. 

No  steam  engine  allowed 88 

Penalty  for  use  of  engine 88 

Penalty  for  failing  to  keep  alley  in  repair 8W 

Fines  recoverable  in  Police  Court 89 

LICENSES  - 

Time  of  expiration 4,5 

Clerk  shall  keep  list 45 

Clerk  shall  furnish  Marshal,  &c.,  a monthly  list  of  all  licenses  . . . . 46 

Marshal  and  policemen  to  inspect  city  weekly 46 

No  rebate  granted,  but  may  be  transferred 46 

State  taxes  to  be  paid  Clerk  before  issyal  of  license 46 

All  licenses  to  be  issued  by  Clerk 46 

Ten-pin  and  bowling-alley 4S 

Circus  and  menagerie 46 

Porters  . . ' • ' 47 

Insurance  agents 47 

Board  of  underwriters 47 

Livery  stables 48 

Livery  stables,  classified . 48 

Transfer  wagons,  classified  . ■ . . 48 

^Yholesale  and  retail  merchants  49 

Wholesale  and  retail  merchants,  classified 49 

Tavern  and  coffee-house,  how  granted . 49 

Persons  of  bad  character  not  to  have  licenses 49 

Tavern-keepers  must  execute  bond 60 

Coffee-house  keepers  to  give  bond  60 

Beer  license *.  50 

Lecture,  concert,  &c 50 

Billiard  tables,  Jenny  Lind,  Ac 51 

Shooting  gallery ' 51 

Pursuance  of  any  calling,  &c.,  for  which  license  is  required,  without  li- 
cense, penalty  for 51 

Itinerant  shows  and  peddlers,  license  regulated  by  License  Committee.  . 51 

Sale  of  stock,  &c,,  at  auction,  fr^  from  license 51 

Selling  by  sample 61 

License  Committee  to  fix  schedule  of  licenses 61 

License  Committee  to  give  notice  of  expiration  of  licenses 52 

Merchants’  retail  liquor  license 52 

City  Attorney  to  report  those  without  license 7 

LECTURES  AND  CONCERTS-- 

See  Licenses 60 

LIVERY  STABLES— 

See  Licenses 48 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


235 


LIVE  STOCK — See  Licenses.  page. 

Sale  of  by  auction 51 

LOTTERY  FUND  BONDS— 

Bonds  for  $o0,C0()  to  be  issued 123 

LOTTERY  GRANT— 

Interest  on 85 

Clerk’s  duties  in  reference  to 85 

MARKET  STUFF— 

See  tines  concerning  selling,  &c 23 

MARSHAL— 

Oath  and  liabilities 52 

Duties  of • 52^ 

May  summon  possee 53 

Penalty  for  failure  to  assist  Marshal 58 

Penalty  for  resisting  Marshal 53 

Have  streets  cleaned 53 

Abate  nuisances 53 

Collect  taxes 53 

Other  duties 53 

iMay  appoint  deputies 54 

Fees  of 54 

To  pay  all  collections  into  Treasury  monthly 54 

To  make  monthly  reports  of  collections. 54 

Report  erroneous  assessments.  . . 54 

Per  cept.  allowed  on  taxes  collected 54 

Personal  property  to  be  first  sold  for  taxes 55 

Collector  of  taxes 55 

To  make  monthly  settlements 55 

Fees  of  Collector 55 

To  serve  notices  55 

Attend  meetings  of  Council 55 

Fees  in  case  of  levy  for  taxes , . 65 

To  report  tax  sales 65 

Duty  of,  as  to  tax-book. , 66 

To  notify  owner  of  proud  bitch,  &c 3 

MAYOR— 

Have  general  charge  of  officers,  &c 55 

May  suspend  officer  and  require  reports,  &c 56 

May  call  special  meetings  of  Board 56 

In  case  of  suspended  officer.  Council  to  be  convened 56 

May  relieve  extreme  cases  of  want 06 

May  employ  extra  police  and  close  drinking-houses,  when 56 

To  submit  estimates  of  expenses 56 

Shall  keep  accounts  of  assets  and  liabilities 56 


236 


INDKX  TO  OKOIXANCKS. 


MAYOR — Continued.  pagk. 

Shall  report  to  (’ouncil  quarterly 56 

To  kee[)  the  bonds  of  the  city  officers 57 

Power  to  fill  vacancies 57 

May  suspend  Treasurer  (see  act  of  April  80,  1888) 80 

MERCHANTS— See  Licenses. 

(Classifications  of 49 

NUISANCE 

Buildings  a nuisance  erected  without  consent 38 

What  constitutes 21 

See  Health 39 

OFFICE  AND  OFFICER— 

Officers  who  and  when  to  be  elected  by  Council 57 

No  officer  to  be  interested  in  any  contract 57 

Officers  to  give  bond  in  ten  days 58 

Vacancies,  how  filled 58 

Duty  of  officer  upon  retiring  or  removal 58 

Officer  must  take  oath 58 

Bond  of • 58 

Must  report  at  regular  meetings  of  Council 59 

Must  report  property  on  hand,  &c 59 

Transfer  of  property. 60 

Bond  when  a fixed  penalty  is  required  60 

Penalty  for  failing  to  make  report 61 

Compensation  of 61 

PAVEMENTS— 

To  be  kept  in  repair 69 

PEDDLERS- 

See  Auctioneers,  &c 8 

PAUPERS— 

Regular  paupers 88 

Meeting  of  Chairty  Committee  for  relief 80 

PHYSICIANS,  SURGEONS,  &C.- 

To  keep  record  of  births  and  deaths 44 

Make  monthly  reports  to  Clerk 44 

Clerk  to  furnish  suitable  blanks 44 

Punishment  for  non-compliance . . . 44 

POLICE  JUDGE— 

To  issue  capias  piv  fine  on  judgments 84 

Prosecution  before 9 

Police,  &c.,  to  report  to  Judge 10 

Who  to  preside  in  Judge’s  absence 9 

Judge  to  report  to  Clerk  monthly 10 


M . M / 

INDKX  TO  ORDINANCES.  237 

POLICE-  - PAGE. 

Chief’s  duties  defined  30 

Outh  of  police 01 

Duties  of 01-02 

May  arrest  without  warrant 02 

May  summon  bystander 02 

Penalty  for  failure  to  assist ' . 02 

Penalty  for  hindering,  &c 02 

Selling  of  liquor,  &c.,  incompatible 78 

No  witness  fees  allowed  to 12 

PORTER  - 

As  to  license » 47 

PUBLIC  PROPERTY— 

P(»sting  bills  on,  fine  for 03 

Pumps,  hindering  use  of 03 

For  watering  animals  in  ten  feet  of  pump 03 

Fine  for  brick  masons,  &c.,  using  public  pumj? 03 

PUBLIC  WORK— 

To  be  let  to  lowest  bidder 03 

PUMP— 

Ordinance  protecting 03 

Use  of 03 

RAILROAD— 

Fine  for  running  faster  than  five  miles  per  hour 20 

Persons  not  to  congregate  at  depot  25 

RELIGIOUS  M'ORSHIP  - 

1 isturbing  of,  penalty  for 27 

REMISSION  OF  FINES— See  page  35. 

REVENUE  AND  TAXATION— 

Delinquent  list,  when  pr/'sented 03 

Oath  of  Marshal  to  list 64 

Council  to  allow  list 64 

May  refer  list  to  Finance  Committee,  <fec 64 

Shall  allow,  &c 64 

Treasurer  to  attend  tax  sales 64 

Purchaser  of  property  to  have  certificate 64 

Marshal’s  fees  for  levy 65 

Property  assessed  against  holder  of  tax  title 65 

Redemption  of  property  sold 65 

Marshal  to  report  tax  sales 65 

Report  tp  be  tiled  by  Clerk 65 

Conveyance  of  property  to  purchaser 66 

Time  for  tax-book  to  remain  in  Treasurer’s  hands 66 

Book  to  be  placed  in  Marshal’s  hands 66 


238 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


REVENUE  AND  TAXATION -Continued.  page, 

Treasurei-  not  required  to  attend  tax  .sales 67 

Overdue  taxes,  collection  of 122 

City  Attorney  to  see  to 122 

Taxes  of  colored  citizens  to  be  used  for  their  school  . . . . 33 

SCALES  - 

Owners  of 86 

Penalty - 87 

SCHOOLS— 

'Tax  paid  by  colored  citizens  for  benefit  of  colored  school  only 35 

Clerk  to  keep  separate  account  of  same 36 

SEAL  OF  CITY  - See  page  123. 

SEWERS— 

Consent  necessary  to  build  private ’ 67 

Penalty  for  erecting  without  67 

Bonds  for 93 

Mayor  to  sell  at  par,  &c 93 

SHADE  TREES  - 

Horses,  &c.,  not  to  be  hitched  near  to 67 

Not  to  be  cut,  &c 67 

Penalty  for 67 

Removal  of 67 

Fruit  trees,  defacing  of,  &c 67 

sidewalks— 

Width  of o ......  . 68 

New  or  repairing  old 68 

Supervision  of 68 

Curbing  and  drains 68 

South  P'rankfort,  how  repaired ' . . 68 

Fine  for  obstructing,  &c 18-19 

SINKING  FUND  - 

Funds  set  apart  for 96 

Use  of,  only  for 96 

Committee  to  direct  expenditure 96 

Limited  to  ^5,000  96 

Clerk  and  Treasurer  to  keep  separate  account  of 96 

SM\LL-P0X— See  page  12. 

STREETS  AND  ALLEYS— 

Width  of  carriage-way 69 

Grading  and  paving 69 

Excavation,  &c 69 

Paving.  &c.  . . 69 

Gutter,  how  constructed 70 

Intersections  of 71 


INDKX  TO  ORDINAN’CES. 


239 


STREETS  AND  ALLEYS — Continued.  page. 

Foot  crossings  . 71 

Carriage-way 71 

Materials  to  be  used 72 

Contract,  forfeiture  of 72 

Contractor  to  look  to  property-holder  for  improvements 73 

(-ouncil  to  apportion  cost  thereof 73 

Lien  to  contractor  guaranteed  . . . 73 

Liability  of  city  as  to  lien 73 

Power  of  Street  Committee  to  employ  Supervisor  of  Streets 73 

Supervisor,  salary  of 73 

Engineer,  authority  to  employ 73 

Unloading  dirt 74 

Dirt  to  be  unloaded  on  unimproved  streets 74 

Obstructing  or  enclosing  streets,  &c 74 

Permit  to  excavate  75 

Bond  lequired  and  form  . . 75 

Penalty ' 76 

Marshal  to  report  vi(»lations  of 75 

Clerk  to  keep  blank  bonds If, 

Extension  of  Clinton  street • 94 

Impbovements  or — Commissioner  to  keep  expense  account  of 122 

Bids  for  improvement  of 122 

SUPPLIES  — 

Purchase  of 80 

Officials  not  to  contract  for,  &c 80 

SUNDAY— 

Observance  of 76 

TAVERNS  AND  COFFEE-HOUSES— 

State  law  to  be  complied  with 76 

Bond  of  keeper 76 

Form  of  bond 77 

License,  form  of 78 

Bond,  violation  of 78 

License  not  granted  to  policeman 78 

Application  for  license  for 121 

TAXES— 

Personal  property  must  first  be  sold  to  pay 55 

Notification  to  tax-payers 4 

"What  property  tax-payer  to  list 4 

Penalty  for  refusing  to  list 4 

Penalty  for  false  list 5 

Property  sold  for  taxes,  how  listed 5 

Oath  by  person  listing 5 


240 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


TAXES  ("ontimied.  pagk. 

Supervisors  and  their  duties _ 6 

Council  to  hear  appeals,  &c 6 

Colored  citizens’  tax  for  benefit  of  colored  schools 35 

Bonds  of  colored  school  exempt  from  . . . 93 

THEATRES  - 

Price  of  license 50 

TORPEDOES  - 

Fine  for  selling,  &c 85 

" TREASURER— 

When  to  enter  on  duties 78 

Oath  and  bond . 79 

Shall  reside  in  city 79 

Accounts  to  be  examined  by  Mayor  and  Clerk,  when 79 

Temporary  appointment  of 79 

Mayor  may  suspend  . , 80 

Safe-keeping  of  funds 80 

Warrant  of  Clerk  necessary  for  receipt  or  payment  of  money 80 

Shall  receive  all  funds  due  city  and  receipt  for  same 80 

Shall  keep  accounts  of  Sinking  Fund,  &c.,  separately.  80 

To  report  31st  December,  each  year 81 

Shall  make  monthly  settlements 81 

Settlements  may  be  referred  to  I’inance  Committee 81 

Accounts  to  be  examined  annually  by  Finance  Committee 81 

Salary  of 82 

To  attend  tax  sales • 64 

Time  of  tax-book  to  remain  in  hands  of 66 

Dues  to  city  to  be  paid  Treasurer 12 

UNLOADING  DIRT— 

Unloading  at  end  of  streets 74 

Dirt  to  be  unloaded  on  unimproved  streets 74 

VACANCIES — See  Mayor  and  Council. 

How  filled 57 

VAGRANTS  - 

See  Crimes  and  Punishments 28 

VEHICLES— 

See  Licenses 48 

WARRANTS— 

To  be  indorsed  by  President  or  Chairman  of  Finance  Committee  ....  122 

WORK-HOUSE  — 

Keeper  of  to  give  bond  ...  82 

Elected  by  Council  82 

Lease  of 82 

Keeper  to  have  superintendence  of 82 


INDl^X  TO  OKDINANCF.S.  24I 

VV( ) H K-IK ) U SE — Con  t i n mul  p agk  . 

K(^o])er  shall  koop  accounts  H2 

Kec[)or  to  reside  at  work-ltouse H2 

Duty  of  Keeper  as  to  inmates 82 

liecord of  coinmitmeni 82 

-Misbehavior  of  prisoners. 8.*’ 

J'unishment  of . 8.3 

Sick  prisoners 83 

Monthly  report  of  Keeper 83 

Books  of  Keeper  open  to  inspection 83 

Escape  from,  how  punished 83 

No  prisoner  to  leave  except  to  work 83 

Police  Judge  may  release .*....  83 

Penalty 83 

Capias  pro  Jincs^  to  issue  , 84 

Fine,  &c.,  to  be  discharged  by  labor  in. 84 

Remission  of  fine  by  Mayor  ' 84 

Costs,  how  paid 84 

Escapes  from 84 

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